Comparison of T-cell interferon-γ release assays for mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigens in patients with active and latent tuberculosis

Lung

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-287

  Kobashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Shimizu, Hiroki ^a   Ohue, Yoshihiro ^a   Mouri, Keiji ^a   Obase, Yasushi ^a   Miyashita, Naoyuki ^a   Oka, Mikio ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active tuberculosis (TB) disease; Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI); QuantiFERON TB 2G (QFT 2G); Tuberculin skin test (TST)

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS ANTIGENS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77955523862     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-010-9238-3     Document Type: Article

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