Comparison of sensitivities of two commercial gamma interferon release assays for pulmonary tuberculosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1935-1940

  Chee, Cynthia B E ^a   Gan, Suay H ^a   KhinMar, Kyi W ^a   Barkham, Timothy M ^a   Koh, Chwee K ^a   Liang, Shen ^b   Wang, Yee T ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GAMMA INTERFERON RELEASE ASSAY; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 45149112240     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02403-07     Document Type: Article

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