Mycobacterium tuberculosis stimulated gamma interferon release by CD4 and CD8 T-cells
corrected for background:ACnc:Pt:Bld:Qn: - CISMeF
Mycobacterium tuberculosis stimulated gamma interferon release by CD4 and CD8 T-cells
corrected for background:ACnc:Pt:Bld:Qn:LOINC code
Preferred Label : Mycobacterium tuberculosis stimulated gamma interferon release by CD4 and CD8 T-cells
corrected for background:ACnc:Pt:Bld:Qn:;
LOINC status : ACTIVE;
LOINC display name : M. tuberculosis stim IFN-g by CD4 CD8 T-cells corrected for background Qn (Bld);
LOINC long common name : Mycobacterium tuberculosis stimulated gamma interferon release by CD4 and CD8 T-cells
[Units/volume] corrected for background in Blood;
LOINC short name : M TB IFN-g CD4 CD8 bckgrnd cor Bld-aCnc;
LOINC description : The quantitative levels (corrected for background) for an IFN-gamma response by CD4
T-helper and CD8 T cytotoxic lymphocytes stimulated by the presence of TB antigens,
specifically ESAT-6 and CFP-10. This term was created for, but not limited in use
to, the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus test, which includes two tubes with the Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (MTB)-complex-associated antigens ESAT-6 and CFP-10 that stimulate a
cell-mediated immunity (CMI) response. The first tube contains antigens that stimulate
a response from CD4 T-helper lymphocytes [LOINC: 64084-7], and the second tube (this
term) contains the antigens included in tube 1 as well as an additional set of peptides
targeting the CMI response from CD8 cytotoxic T lymphocytes. In the QuantiFERON-TB
Gold Plus test, the amount of IFN-gamma is measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay and reported in IU/mL. Results are adjusted for background, heterophile antibody
effects, or nonspecific IFN-gamma in blood samples.;