Rapid diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis in the elderly using Enzyme-Linked immunospot assay for interferon-gamma

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2361-2362

  Tan, Che Kim ^a   Lai, Chih Cheng ^b   Liao, Chun Hsing ^c   Chou, Chien Hong ^d   Hsu, Hsiao Leng ^d   Huang, Yu Tsung ^d   Hsueh, Po Ren ^d  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Yi Min Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 71549172859     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02577.x     Document Type: Letter

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