Gamma interferon release assays for diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in immune-compromised children in a country in which the prevalence of tuberculosis is low

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2355-2357

  Bruzzese, E ^a   Bocchino, M ^a   Assante, L R ^a   Alessio, M ^a   Bellofiore, B ^a   Bruzzese, D ^a   Iorio, R ^a   Matarese, A ^a   Santoro, G ^b   Vajro, P ^a   Guarino, A ^a,c   Sanduzzi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; CYCLOSPORIN; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; ETANERCEPT; GAMMA INTERFERON; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; THALIDOMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; PREVALENCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650092748     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01320-08     Document Type: Letter

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