Performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold test compared to tuberculin skin test in detecting latent tuberculosis infection in HIV- positive individuals in Iran

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-46

  Mardani, Masoud ^a   Tabarsi, Payam ^b   Mohammadtaheri, Zohre ^b   Chitsaz, Ehsan ^b   Farokhzad, Banafsheh ^b   Hadavand, Fatemeh ^a   Gachkar, Latif ^a   Nemati, Kambiz ^a   Masjedi, Mohammad R ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Iran; Smoking; Tobacco; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BCG VACCINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BCG VACCINATION; BLOOD; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; QUANTIFERON TB GOLD TEST; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77649163942     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.58959     Document Type: Article

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