Comparison of intracellular cytokine flow cytometry and an enzyme immunoassay for evaluation of cellular immune response to active tuberculosis

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 344-351

  Wai, Lin Leung ^a   Kai, Leung Law ^a   Leung, Veronica Sui Shan ^a   Chi, Wai Yip ^a   Chi, Chiu Leung ^a   Cheuk, Ming Tam ^a   Kai, Man Kam ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STAINING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61949135568     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00159-08     Document Type: Article

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