Indirect supportive evidence for diagnosis of tuberculosis-related uveitis: From the tuberculin skin test to the new interferon gamma release assays

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Llorenç, Víctor ^a   González Martin, Julian ^b   Keller, Johannes ^a   Rey, Amanda ^a   Pelegrín, Laura ^a   Mesquida, Marina ^a   Adán, Alfredo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

diagnosis; interferon gamma release assay; microbiology; radiology; risk factors; tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis; uveitis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETINA VASCULITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPANISH; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS RELATED UVEITIS; UVEITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHAMBUTOL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; ISONIAZID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RIFAMPIN; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR; URBAN POPULATION; UVEITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874285751     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.02564.x     Document Type: Article

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