Diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in patients awaiting liver transplantation

Human Immunology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-28

  Lindemann, Monika ^a   Dioury, Youness ^a   Beckebaum, Susanne ^a   Cicinnati, Vito R ^a   Gerken, Guido ^a   Broelsch, Christoph E ^a   Wrighton Smith, Peter ^b   Grosse Wilde, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Oxford Immunotec   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ELISpot; In vitro immunity; Liver transplantation; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis specific peptides

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; STIMULUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149458157     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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