Indeterminate results of QuantiFERON TB-2G test performed in routine clinical practice

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 812-815

  Kobashi, Y ^a   Sugiu, T ^a   Mouri, K ^a   Obase, Y ^a   Miyashita, N ^a   Oka, M ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Immunocompromised; Indeterminate result; QuantiFERON TB 2G; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTIFERON TB 2G TEST; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 63849147076     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00075008     Document Type: Article

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