Indeterminate test results of T-SPOT™.TB performed under routine field conditions

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 842-846

  Beffa, P ^a   Zellweger, A ^b   Janssens, J P ^c   Wrighton Smith, P ^d   Zellweger, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b BBR LTC Medical Analytical Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d Oxford Immunotec   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interferon release assays; Latent tuberculosis infection; T SPOT .TB; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SUMMER; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; WINTER; AGE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; EVALUATION; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 42949178563     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00117207     Document Type: Article

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