Limited added value of T-SPOT.TB blood test in diagnosing active TB: A prospective bayesian analysis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 456-461

  Boyd, Aileen E ^a   Ashcroft, Anthony ^b   Lipman, Marc ^a   Bothamley, Graham H ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayes' theorem; Diagnosis; Interferon gamma release assay; Likelihood ratio; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR;

BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LONDON; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79958805940     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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