Comparison of T-SPOT. TB assay and tuberculin skin test for the evaluation of young children at high risk for tuberculosis in a community setting

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-43

  Nicol, Mark P ^a,c,d,g   Davies, Mary Ann ^a,b   Wood, Kathryn ^a   Hatherill, Mark ^a,d   Workman, Lesley ^a,d   Hawkridge, Anthony ^a,d   Eley, Brian ^a   Wilkinson, Katalin A ^c,e   Wilkinson, Robert J ^c,e,f   Hanekom, Willem A ^a,c,d   Beatty, David ^a   Hussey, Gregory ^a,c,d  

^a School of Child and Adolescent Health   (South Africa)

^b School of Public Health and Family Medicine   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; Enzyme linked immunospot assay; Mantoux test; T SPOT.TB; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM CULTURE; STOMACH LAVAGE; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 59449110080     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0611     Document Type: Article

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