Evaluation of an interferon gamma assay in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-62

  Marques, Cláudia Diniz Lopes ^a   Duarte, Ângela Luzia Branco Pinto ^b   De Lorena, Virginia Maria Barros ^c   Souza, Joelma Rodrigues ^c   Souza, Wayner Vieira ^c   De Miranda Gomes, Yara ^c   De Carvalho, Eduardo Maia Freese ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Interferon gamma assay; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T SPOT TB TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 71349083782     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-0910-y     Document Type: Article

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