Latent tuberculosis infection in a military setting diagnosed by whole-blood interferon-γ assay

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 898-901

  Choi, Chang Min ^a   Hwang, Seung Sik ^b   Lee, Chang Hoon ^c   Lee, Hye Won ^b   Kang, Cheol In ^a   Kim, Chang Hoon ^d   Han, Sung Koo ^b   Shim, Young Soo ^b   Yim, Jae Joon ^b  

^a The Armed Forces Capital Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^d Ministry of National Defense   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Latent tuberculosis infection; Multidrug resistant tuberculosis; Whole blood interferon assay

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; SOUTH KOREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; KOREA; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, LARYNGEAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 35748981475     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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