Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis among dialysis patients by enzyme-linked immunospot assay for interferon-γ

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2605-2606

  Lai, Chih Cheng ^a   Tan, Che Kim ^b   Liao, Chun Hsing ^c   Chou, Chien Hong ^d   Huang, Yu Tsung ^d   Hsueh, Po Ren ^d  

^a Yi Min Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; GINGIVA TUMOR; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MELANOMA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 67651095864     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp224     Document Type: Letter

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