Role of interferon-gamma release assays in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with advanced HIV infection

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Cattamanchi, Adithya ^a   Ssewenyana, Isaac ^b   Davis, J Lucian ^a   Huang, Laurence ^a,c   Worodria, William ^e   den Boon, Saskia ^e   Yoo, Samuel ^e   Andama, Alfred ^e   Hopewell, Philip C ^a   Cao, Huyen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOINT CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d California Department of Public Health   (United States)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; UGANDA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SECRETION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UGANDA;

EID: 77951182439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-75     Document Type: Article

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