Use of a T cell interferon gamma release assay in the investigation for suspected active tuberculosis in a low prevalence area

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Winqvist, Niclas ^a,b   Björkman, Per ^a   Norén, Ann ^a   Miörner, Håkan ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Regional Department of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SWEDEN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 68049138081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-105     Document Type: Article

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