Indeterminate Results of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Assay in Nonimmunosuppressed Children

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-143

  Zrinski Topić, Renata ^a   Zoričić Letoja, Ivka ^a   Pavić, Ivan ^a   Dodig, Slavica ^a  

^a SREBRNJAK CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Children; Indeterminate result; Interferon gamma; Phytohemagglutinin; Tuberculosis infection

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTIFERON TB GOLD IN TUBE ASSAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955710047     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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