Indeterminate QuantiFERON®-TB Gold results in a public health clinic setting

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1623-1629

  Banach, David B ^a,b   Harris, T G ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interferon gamma release assay; Latent tuberculosis infection; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; QuantiFERON TB gold; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

MITOGENIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTHPLACE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTIFERON TB GOLD TEST; RACE DIFFERENCE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81455155726     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0017     Document Type: Article

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