Detection of interleukin-2 in addition to interferon-γ discriminates active tuberculosis patients, latently infected individuals, and controls

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1282-1284

  Biselli, R ^a   Mariotti, S ^b   Sargentini, V ^b   Sauzullo, I ^c   Lastilla, M ^a   Mengoni, F ^c   Vanini, V ^d   Girardi, E ^d   Goletti, D ^d   D'Amelio, R ^c,e   Nisini, R ^b  

^a Aeronautica Militare Italiana   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^e Ministero della Difesa Direzione Generale della Sanità Militare   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; IFN ; IL 2; Latent infection; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; IL2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); T LYMPHOCYTE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77955153216     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03104.x     Document Type: Article

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