Indeterminate results of a tuberculosis-specific interferon-γ release assay in immunocompromised patients

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1179-1182

  Lange, B ^a   Vavra, M ^a   Kern, W V ^a   Wagner, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENTERITIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS SPECIFIC INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77951965947     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00122109     Document Type: Letter

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