Comparative performance of QuantiFERON®-TB Gold IT versus Tuberculin Skin Test among contact investigations for latent tuberculosis infection;Estudio comparativo de QuantiFERON®-TB Gold IT frente a tuberculina para el diagnóstico de la infección tuberculosa latente en estudios de contactos

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 289-296

  Naranjo, Jesús Delgado ^a   Carrillo, Concha Castells ^b   Calabuig, Miguel Ángel García ^c   López, Inmaculada Sáez ^d  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^b Dirección Territorial de Sanidad y Consumo de Bizkaia   (Spain)

^c Scio de Registros e Información Sanitaria   (Spain)

^d Dirección Territorial de Sanidad y Consumo de Araba   (Spain)

Author keywords

Interferon gamma release assay; Latent tuberculosis; QuantiFERON TB; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULIN TEST; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SECRETION; VACCINATION;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BCG VACCINE; CFP 10 PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; CFP-10 PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ESAT 6 PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ESAT-6 PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TUBERCULIN TEST; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051552320     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2010.11.036     Document Type: Article

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