Comparison of interferon-γ release assays and tuberculin skin test in predicting active tuberculosis (TB) in children in the UK: A paediatric TB network study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 180-186

  Bamford, Alasdair R J ^a   Crook, Angela M ^a   Clark, Julia E ^b   Zohreh, Nademi ^c   Dixon, Garth ^d   Paton, James Y ^e   Riddell, Anna ^f   Drobniewski, Francis ^g   Riordan, Andrew ^h   Anderson, Suzanne T ⁱ   Williams, Amanda ^j   Walters, Sam ^k   Kampmann, Beate ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g HPA National Mycobacterium   (United Kingdom)

^h ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^j NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; INFANT; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADOLESCENT; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INFANT; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SCOTLAND; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77949889955     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.169805     Document Type: Article

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