Conventional tuberculin skin testing versus T-cell-based assays in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in HIV-positive patients

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 390-392

  Hoffmann, Matthias ^a   Reichmuth, Markus ^b   Fantelli, Karin ^c   Schoch, Otto D ^a   Fierz, Walter ^c   Furrer, Hansjörg ^d   Vernazza, Pietro ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; MITOGENIC AGENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33846626458     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328012164b     Document Type: Article

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