Clinical and bacteriological correlates of whole blood interferon gamma (IFN-γ) in newly detected cases of pulmonary TB

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 224-231

  Bandyopadhyay, M ^a   Bhakta, A ^b   Chakrabarty, S ^c   Pal, M ^d   Bharati, P ^d  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c PT RAVISHANKAR SHUKLA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Interferon gamma(IFN ); Maharashtra; Quantiferon tuberculosis gold(QFT) positivity; Tuberculosis(TB) patients

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77950631183     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60014-4     Document Type: Article

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