Combined use of QuantiFERON®-TB gold assay and chest computed tomography in a tuberculosis outbreak

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 633-639

  Lew, W J ^a   Jung, Y J ^b   Song, J W ^b   Jang, Y M ^b   Kim, H J ^a   Oh, Y M ^b   Lee, S D ^b   Kim, W S ^b   Kim, D S ^b   Kim, W D ^b   Shim, T S ^b,c  

^a Korean Institute of Tuberculosis   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chest computed tomography; Interferon gamma release assay; Tuberculin test; Tuberculosis infection

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; KOREA; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649519453     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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