Diagnostic value of an enzyme-linked immunospot assay for interferon-γ in genitourinary tuberculosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-250

  Lai, Chih Cheng ^a   Tan, Che Kim ^a   Lin, Sheng Hsiang ^b   Liao, Chun Hsing ^c   Huang, Yu Tsung ^d   Wang, Cheng Yi ^e   Wang, Jen Yu ^e   Lin, Hen I ^e   Hsueh, Po Ren ^d  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei County Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunospot assay; Genitourinary tuberculosis; Interferon ; Rapid diagnosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASEOUS NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSURIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYURIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; TISSUE NECROSIS; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS, UROGENITAL; URINE;

EID: 77957908142     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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