Use of QuantiFERON-TB Gold test in the investigation of unexplained positive tuberculin skin tests

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1284-1287

  Nsutebu, E ^a   Moffitt, S J ^b   Mullarkey, C ^c   Schweiger, M S ^a   Collyns, T ^b   Watson, J P ^b  

^a West Yorkshire Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Leeds PCT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interferon gamma; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

COHORT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT; TESTING METHOD; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEEDS [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54249116798     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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