Immediate Incubation Reduces Indeterminate Results for QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Assay∇

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2672-2676

  Herrera, Victor ^a   Yeh, Ellen ^a   Murphy, Kelly ^a,b   Parsonnet, Julie ^a   Banaei, Niaz ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTIFERON TB GOLD IN TUBE ASSAY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; EVALUATION STUDY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROCEDURES; SECRETION (PROCESS); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

GAMMA INTERFERON;

EID: 77955437792     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00482-10     Document Type: Article

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