A Toolbox for Tuberculosis (TB) Diagnosis: An Indian Multicentric Study (2006-2008). Evaluation of QuantiFERON-TB Gold in Tube for TB Diagnosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Lagrange, Philippe H ^a   Thangaraj, Satheesh K ^b   Dayal, Rajeshwar ^c,d   Deshpande, Alaka ^e   Ganguly, Nirmal K ^f   Girardi, Enrico ^g   Joshi, Beenu ^f   Katoch, Kiran ^f   Katoch, Vishwa M ^f   Kumar, Manoj ^h   Lakshmi, Vemu ⁱ   Leportier, Marc ^b   Longuet, Christophe ^j   Malladi, Subbalaxmi V S ⁱ   Mukerjee, Deepali ^f   Nair, Deepthi ^k   Raja, Alamelu ^l   Raman, Balambal ^l   Rodrigues, Camilla ^m   Sharma, Pratibha ^k   Singh, Amit ^c,d   Singh, Sarman ^h   Sodha, Archana ^m   Kabeer, Basirudeen Syed Ahamed ^l   Vernet, Guy ^j   Goletti, Delia ^g   more..

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

^c SN Medical College ^*

^d S N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e SIR J J GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (India)

^f INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^h ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

ⁱ NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^j Fondation Merieux   (France)

^k SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^m P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MICROSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTIFERON TB GOLD IN TUBE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883641507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073579     Document Type: Article

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