Concordance between tuberculin skin test and interferon-γ assay and interferon-γ response to mitogen in pediatric tuberculosis contacts

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1225-1232

  Thomas, B ^a   Pugalenthi, A ^a   Patel, H ^a   Woltmann, G ^b   Bankart, J ^c   Hoskyns, W ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

interferon (IFN) release assay; latent tuberculosis infection; quantiferon; tuberculin skin test; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MITOGENIC AGENT; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GAMMA INTERFERON ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN INDURATION; TUBERCULIN TEST;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MITOGENS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 81255185333     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21494     Document Type: Article

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