Use of bronchoalveolar lavage enzyme-linked immunospot for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1668-1673

  Li, H ^a   Yang, Li ^a   Zheng, C Y ^a   Wang, J ^a   Abdullah, A S ^b,c  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; ELISpot assay; Interferon gamma; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CONTACT TRACING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84870373732     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0292     Document Type: Article

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