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.
What is the QuantiFERON Gold test? QuantiFERON Gold is a type of blood test that is used to diagnose tuberculosis (primarily latent, or inactive tuberculosis). It was approved by the FDA in 2001 to help detect latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections. QuantiFERON Gold is a type of Interferon-Gamma Release Assay, or IGRA, test.