QuantiFERON TB-2G test for patients with active tuberculosis stratified by age groups

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 841-846

  Kobashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Mouri, Keiji ^a   Miyashita, Naoyuki ^a   Okimoto, Niro ^a   Matsushima, Toshiharu ^b   Kageoka, Takeshi ^c   Oka, Mikio ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Kurashiki Daiichi Hospital   (Japan)

^c KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTIFERON TB 2G TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70450183980     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365540903186215     Document Type: Article

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