Diagnostic performance of whole-blood interferon-γ assay and enzyme-linked immunospot assay for active tuberculosis,

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-143

  Lai, Chih Cheng ^a   Tan, Che Kim ^a   Lin, Sheng Hsiang ^b   Liao, Chun Hsing ^c   Huang, Yu Tsung ^d   Hsueh, Po Ren ^d  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b New Taipei County Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active tuberculosis; Interferon release assays; QFT GIT; Rapid diagnosis; T SPOT.TB

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LUNG BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80052864959     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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