Weighing gold or counting spots: Which is more sensitive to diagnose latent tuberculosis infection?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 731-732

  Barnes, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GOLD; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33749435970     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200607-907ED     Document Type: Editorial

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