T-SPOT.TB Test® results in adults with Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 196-203

  Adams, Lisa V ^a   Waddell, Richard D ^a   Von Reyn, C Fordham ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 39349110897     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701642179     Document Type: Article

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