Limited usefulness of QuantiFERON-TB GOLD In-Tube® for monitoring anti-tuberculosis therapy

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1551-1556

  Bocchino, Marialuisa ^a   Chairadonna, Patrizia ^b   Matarese, Alessandro ^a   Bruzzese, Dario ^a   Salvatores, Mariella ^c   Tronci, Mirella ^b   Moscariello, Emilio ^c   Galati, Domenico ^d   Alma, Mario G ^e   Sanduzzi, Alessandro ^a   Altieri, Alfonso M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UOC di Microbiologia e Virologia   (Italy)

^c Divisione di Tisiologia   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e UOC di Pneumologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interferon gamma release assays; Serial testing; Treatment monitoring; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956343411     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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