Culture-Confirmed Multilobar Cavitary Pulmonary Tuberculosis Despite a Negative QuantiFERON-TB Gold Assay in an Immunocompetent Young Adult.

Ter-Ovanesyan I, Pedreira C, Memari K, Sizova A, Ramirez-Matos C, Williams S, Cohen P, Lazo LP

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.112415
Published: 2026 Jul
Container: Cureus
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@article{allodium:10.7759/cureus.112415,
  title = {Culture-Confirmed Multilobar Cavitary Pulmonary Tuberculosis Despite a Negative QuantiFERON-TB Gold Assay in an Immunocompetent Young Adult.},
  author = {Ter-Ovanesyan I and Pedreira C and Memari K and Sizova A and Ramirez-Matos C and Williams S and Cohen P and Lazo LP},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Cureus},
  doi = {10.7759/cureus.112415},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.112415}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Culture-Confirmed Multilobar Cavitary Pulmonary Tuberculosis Despite a Negative QuantiFERON-TB Gold Assay in an Immunocompetent Young Adult.
AU  - Ter-Ovanesyan I
AU  - Pedreira C
AU  - Memari K
AU  - Sizova A
AU  - Ramirez-Matos C
AU  - Williams S
AU  - Cohen P
AU  - Lazo LP
PY  - 2026
JO  - Cureus
DO  - 10.7759/cureus.112415
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.112415
ER  -

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I, T., C, P., K, M., A, S., C, R., S, W., P, C., & LP, L. (2026). Culture-Confirmed Multilobar Cavitary Pulmonary Tuberculosis Despite a Negative QuantiFERON-TB Gold Assay in an Immunocompetent Young Adult.. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.112415

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