Usefulness of tuberculin skin test and three interferon-gamma release assays for the differential diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1199-1205

  Kobashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Abe, Masaaki ^a   Mouri, Keiji ^a   Obase, Yasushi ^a   Miyashita, Naoyuki ^a   Oka, Mikio ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs); Pulmonary TB; Tuberculin skin test (TST)

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84861731184     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.5703     Document Type: Article

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