Comparison of performance in two diagnostic methods for tuberculosis infection

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-37

  Higuchi, Kazue ^a   Kawabe, Yoshiko ^b   Mitarai, Satoshi ^a   Yoshiyama, Takashi ^c   Harada, Nobuyuki ^a   Mori, Toru ^a,d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^b TOKYO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Japan Anti Tuberculosis Association   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

CFP 10; Diagnosis; ESAT 6; Interferon gamma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPANESE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTIFERON TB GOLD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T SPOT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58549112377     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-008-0102-5     Document Type: Article

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