A validity study of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-TB) method for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in a high risk population

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 140, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 95-98

  Tahereh, Khalili ^a   Alireza, Nakhaee ^b   Massoud, Salehi ^a   Amina, Kariminia ^c  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BCG VACCINATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CONTROL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUANTIFERON-TB GOLD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST; SPUTUM CULTURE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 76649116848     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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