Muscle mass loss (symptom description): Muscle mass loss is listed as a type of or related-symptom for symptom Muscle atrophy. Muscle mass loss (symptom description): For a medical symptom description of 'Muscle mass loss', the following symptom information may be relevant to the symptoms: Muscle atrophy (type of symptom). However, note that other causes of the symptom 'Muscle mass loss' may be possible. Broader Symptom Types for Muscle mass loss:
QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus: Results and Interpretation When it comes to result calculation, qualitative cutoff values, and result interpretation, the QFT-Plus is identical to the QFT-Gold assay, with the key exception that if either one or both of the QFT-Plus TB antigen tubes are equal to or greater than 0.35 IU/mL and are at least 25% of the nil tube value, the patient is considered positive.
1)uantiFERONÂ®-TB Gold In-Tube test Q (QFT-GIT) 2)T-SPOTÂ®.TB test (T-Spot) How does the IGRA work? Blood is collected into special tubes using a needle. The blood is delivered to a laboratory as directed by the . IGRA test instructions. The laboratory runs the test and reports the results to the health care provider. What does a positive IGRA result mean? â¢ Positive IGRA: This means that the person has been infected with TB bacteria. Additional tests are needed to determine if the person has latent TB infection or TB disease. A health care worker will then provide treatment as needed. â¢ Negative IGRA: This means that the personâs blood did not react to the test and that latent TB infection or TB . disease is not likely.