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.
The QuantiFERON-TB Blood Test is used to aid in the diagnosis of both latent and active infections with the bacteria that causes Tuberculosis (TB).This test is one of only 2 blood tests for TB approved by the FDA. Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease that typically affects the lungs.t is estimated that 11 million people in the US have a latent Tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Diagnosis and treatment of LTBI can prevent it from progressing to active Tuberculosis. The TB blood test has several advantages over a skin test.