Meaning of Quantiferon TB Gold in tube in screening of the tuberculosis among the hospitable staff in case of very former or recent positive skin test;Signification de Quantiféron TB Gold en tube en dépistage de la tuberculose parmi le personnel hospitalier en cas d'intradermoréactions positives très anciennes ou récentes

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 56, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 467-470

  Okamba, P ^a   Staal, A ^a   Tabary, T ^a   Le Ber, V ^a   Panter Brick, B ^a   Boyer, C ^a   Rio, Y ^a  

^a NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Latent tuberculosis; Quantiferon TB Gold

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; GAMMA INTERFERON; QUANTIFERON; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SEX RATIO; SKIN TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 56949108367     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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