Initial results of QuantiFERON-TB Gold testing in patients with uveitis

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 904-909

  Itty, S ^a   Bakri, S J ^b   Pulido, J S ^b   Herman, D C ^b   Faia, L J ^b   Tufty, G T ^c   Bennett, S R ^d   Falk, N S ^e  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Ophthalmology Ltd   (United States)

^d VitreoRetinal Surgery PA   (United States)

^e Retina Consultants PLLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammation; QuantiFERON; Reversion; Tuberculosis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; BEVACIZUMAB; ETHAMBUTOL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISONIAZID; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BLAU SYNDROME; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EALES DISEASE; HUMAN; IRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; RETINA VASCULITIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GOLD; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349165785     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.115     Document Type: Article

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