Performance of commercial blood tests for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in children and adolescents

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Bergamini, Barbara Maria ^a   Losi, Monica ^a   Vaienti, Francesca ^a   D'Amico, Roberto ^b   Meccugni, Barbara ^c   Meacci, Marisa ^c   De Giovanni, Donatella ^a   Rumpianesi, Fabio ^c   Fabbri, Leonardo M ^a   Balli, Fiorella ^a   Richeldi, Luca ^a,c  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Diagnosis; Interferon ; Tuberculosis infection

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MITOGENIC AGENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; AGE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERFERON-GAMMA; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 63149143392     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1722     Document Type: Article

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