Limitations of the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold test in detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in immunocompromised patients

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-139

  Hornum, Mads ^a   Mortensen, Klaus Leth ^a   Kamper, Anne Lise ^a   Andersen, Åse Bengård ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Immunodeficiency; Sensitivity; Specificity; Tuberculosis antigen test

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 38749114638     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.03.020     Document Type: Article

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