The correlation of serum adenosine deaminase and tuberculin test for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in close contact persons.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: atent pulmonary tuberculosis; latent tuberculosis, LTBI, serum ADA, tuberculin skin test

• Registration Number: TCTR20170207001
• Lead Sponsor: one

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2016-12-12
• Study Start: 2017-02-07
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

1. Persons older than 18 year old.
2. Close contact of tuberculosis patient (live in the same household at least 4 hours/wk with patient who had sputum AFB positive and/or sputum culture TB positive).

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patient who had active pulmonary tuberculosis
- Symptoms and signs which made doctor suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis (hemoptysis, cough for 2 wks, fever, weight loss)
- sputum AFB or culture positive at least 1 time
- Chest x-ray showed pulmonary tuberculosis
2. Previous treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis
3. Immunocompromised status eg. receiving immunosuppressive agents or chemotherapy or underlying disease of immunocompromised status or cancer

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mean serum ADA After tuberculin skin test at isolation unit Guisti and Galanti method

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
one None None