Diagnostic usefulness of a T-cell-based assay in patients with miliary tuberculosis compared with those with lymph node tuberculosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Yu Mi ^a   Park, Ki Ho ^a   Kim, Sun Mi ^a   Park, Su Jin ^a   Lee, Sang Oh ^a   Choi, Sang Ho ^a   Kim, Yang Soo ^a   Woo, Jun Hee ^a   Kim, Sung Han ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

diagnosis; ELISPOT assay; miliary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN INDURATION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; T CELL BASED ASSAY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY;

EID: 84871725017     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis872     Document Type: Article

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