Comparison of 2 interferon-γ assays and Roche Cobas Amplicor Mycobacterium tuberculosis assay for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis among patients with suspected tuberculosis in Taiwan

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-257

  Chou, Chien Hong ^a   Hsu, Hsiao Leng ^b   Lee, Li Na ^a,b   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a,b   Luh, Kwen Tay ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Interferon gamma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2 INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70349902695     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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