Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold and the tuberculin skin test for detecting previous tuberculosis infection evaluated by chest CT findings in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 842-848

  Maeda, Tomoyo ^a   Banno, Shogo ^a   Maeda, Shinji ^a   Naniwa, Taio ^a   Hayami, Yoshihito ^a   Watanabe, Maiko ^a   Sato, Shigeki ^a   Ueda, Ryzo ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interferon gamma; QuantiFERON; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPANESE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTIFERON TB GOLD TEST; REFERENCE VALUE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 84855290252     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-011-0250-1     Document Type: Article

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