The elusive "gold" standard for detecting mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 122-124

  Mancuso, James D ^a   Bernardo, John ^b   Mazurek, Gerald H ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; ELISA KIT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GAMMA INTERFERON RELEASE ASSAY; GOLD STANDARD; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE;

EID: 84872542138     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201211-2033ED     Document Type: Editorial

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