Usefulness of the whole-blood interferon-gamma release assay for diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-187

  Song, Kyoung Ho ^a   Jeon, Jae Hyun ^a   Park, Wan Beom ^a   Kim, Sung Han ^a   Park, Kyoung Un ^a   Kim, Nam Joong ^a   Oh, Myoung don ^a   Kim, Hong Bin ^a,b   Choe, Kang Won ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Interferon gamma; Lymphadenitis; Spondylitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 58149522114     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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