Investigation of false-positive results given by the QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3105-3107

  Slater, Madeline ^a   Parsonnet, Julie ^a   Banaei, Niaz ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTIFERON TB GOLD IN TUBE ASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; TB ANTIGEN TUBE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; QUALITY CONTROL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865189116     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00730-12     Document Type: Article

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