Whole blood interferon-γ release assay is a useful tool for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection particularly among bacille calmette guèrin-vaccinated children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1137-1140

  Tsolia, Maria N ^a   Mavrikou, Mersini ^a   Critselis, Elena ^a   Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G ^a   Makrinioti, Haidoniki ^a   Spyridis, Nikolaos P ^a   Metsou, Flora ^a   Tsagaraki, Maria ^a   Koulouri, Maria ^a   Kafetzis, Dimitrios A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

children; diagnosis; interferon gamma release assay; quantiferon; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BCG VACCINE; BLOOD; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON-GAMMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78650419644     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181ebfe8a     Document Type: Article

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