Clinical utility of the quantiFERON TB-2G test for elderly patients with active tuberculosis

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Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1196-1202

  Kobashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Mouri, Keiji ^a   Yagi, Shinich ^a   Obase, Yasushi ^a   Miyashita, Naoijuki ^a   Okimoto, Niro ^a   Matsushima, Toshiharu ^b   Kageoka, Takeshi ^c   Oka, Mikio ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Kurashiki Daiichi Hospital   (Japan)

^c KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active tuberculosis; Elderly patients; QuantiFERON TB 2G; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 43649107853     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1995     Document Type: Article

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