Do IFN - Release assays predict the risk of TB? New evidence from a study on patients with silicosis

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1105-1108

  Girardi, Enrico ^a   Goletti, Delia ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

CFP 10; ESAT 6; IFN release assay; isoniazid preventive therapy; latent tuberculosis infection; QuantiFERON TB Gold In tube; T SPOT.TB; tuberculin skin test; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

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

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 77958164647     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eri.10.97     Document Type: Review

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