Role of enzyme-linked immunospot assay and tuberculin skin test in the auxiliary diagnosis of initial pulmonary tuberculosis

Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 443-448

  Liu, Fei ^a   Zhang, Zong De ^a   Cao, Min ^a   Ma, Li Ping ^a   Gao, Meng Qiu ^a   Wu, Xiao Guang ^a   Zhu, Li Zhen ^a   Ma, Yu ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Auxiliary diagnosis; Enzyme linked immunospot assay; Initial pulmonary tuberculosis; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; MONONUCLEAR CELL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 70350488710     PISSN: 1000503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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