Feasibility and diagnostic utility of antigen-specific interferon-γ responses for rapid immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis using induced sputum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Cashmore, Tamaryn J ^a   Peter, Jonathan G ^a   van Zyl Smit, Richard N ^a   Semple, Patricia L ^a   Maredza, Alice ^a   Meldau, Richard ^a   Zumla, Alimuddin ^d   Nurse, Barbara ^b   Dheda, Keertan ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; GAMMA INTERFERON; ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROBABILITY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COCULTURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956451384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010389     Document Type: Article

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