Incremental value of T-SPOT.TB for diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis in children in a high-burden setting: A multivariable analysis

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 860-866

  Ling, Daphne I ^a   Nicol, Mark P ^b   Pai, Madhukar ^a   Pienaar, Sandra ^b   Dendukuri, Nandini ^c   Zar, Heather J ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGHT SWEAT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; INFANT; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84881554398     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-203086     Document Type: Article

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