QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube as help for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in a French pediatric hospital

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 366-372

  Grare, Marion ^a   Derelle, Jocelyne ^a   Dailloux, Michèle ^a   Laurain, Catherine ^a  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

Children; QFT G IT; TB; TST

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; ETHAMBUTOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GASTRIC SUCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SECRETION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77949271468     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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