Clinical utility of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test for the diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 818-822

  Park, So Young ^a   Jeon, Kyeongman ^a   Um, Sang Won ^a   Kwon, O Jung ^a   Kang, Eun Suk ^a   Koh, Won Jung ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUANTIFERON TB GOLD IN TUBE TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 70450175587     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365540903214298     Document Type: Article

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