Gamma interferon release assay for monitoring of treatment response for active tuberculosis: An explosion in the spaghetti factory

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 607-610

  Denkinger, Claudia M ^a,b   Pai, Madhukar ^b,c   Patel, Meena ^c   Menzies, Dick ^b,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873053228     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02278-12     Document Type: Article

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