New tools for a better diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection;Nuovi strumenti per una migliore diagnosi dell'infezione tubercolare latente

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 123-128

  Ferrara, Giovanni ^a   Losi, Monica ^a   Roversi, Pietro ^a   Fabbri, Leonardo M ^a   Richeldi, Luca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ELISPOT; Interferon gamma; Latent tuberculosis infection; QuantiFERON TB Gold; T cell; T SPOT.TB; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

HUMANS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33645986984     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: 00341193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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