Usefulness of a whole blood interferon gamma assay (QuantiFERON®-TB-2G) for detecting tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected persons

Kekkaku

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 635-640

  Nagai, Hideaki ^a   Kawabe, Yoshiko ^a   Ariga, Haruyuki ^a   Shigiyama, Fumiko ^a   Shimada, Masahiro ^a   Kunogi, Makiko ^a   Matsui, Yoshinori ^a   Kawashima, Masahiro ^a   Suzuki, Junko ^a   Ooshima, Nobuhara ^a   Masuda, Kimihiko ^a   Matsui, Hirotoshi ^a   Tamura, Atsuhisa ^a   Nagayama, Naohiro ^a   Akagawa, Shinobu ^a   Machida, Kazuko ^a   Kurashima, Atsuyuki ^a   Yotsumoto, Hideki ^a  

^a TOKYO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CFP 10; ESAT 6; HIV infection; QuantiFERON TB2G; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 35148848570     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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