Discordance between TSTs and IFN-γ release assays: The role of NTM and the relevance of mycobacterial sensitins

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 214-215

  Tebruegge, M ^a,b   Connell, T ^a,b   Ritz, N ^a,b   Bryant, P A ^a,b   Curtis, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; SENSITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIGEN;

ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BCG VACCINATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS;

ANTIGENS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS;

EID: 77954645381     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00025510     Document Type: Letter

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