Discrepancy between the tuberculin skin test and the levels of serum interferon-gamma in the diagnosis of tubercular infection in contacts

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 16-17, 2009, Pages 1596-1601

  Shalabi, Nesrien M ^a   Houssen, Maha E ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bacillus Calmette Gu rin; Diagnostics; IFN ; Infection; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70349785083     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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