Latent tuberculosis in children: Diagnosis and management

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 464-468

  Singh, Meenu ^a   Saini, Arushi Gahlot ^a   Anil, Nidhi ^a   Aggarwal, Amit ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Diagnosis; Interferon gamma; Latent tuberculosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; GAMMA INTERFERON; ISONIAZID; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASSAY; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER TOXICITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARESTHESIA; POSTPRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 79954447143     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0295-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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