Role of the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold in-Tube test in the diagnosis of intrathoracic childhood tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1383-1388

  Lodha, R ^a,e   Mukherjee, A ^a,e   Saini, D ^a   Saini, S ^a   Singh, V ^b   Singh, S ^a   Grewal, H M S ^c,d,e   Kabra, S K ^a,e   Aneja, S ^e   Arya, T ^e   Bhatnagar, S ^e   Chandra, J ^e   Dutta, A K ^e   Doherty, T M ^e   Friis, H ^e   Hesseling, A C ^e   Marais, B ^e   Parashar, D ^e   Prajapati, S ^e   Purohit, K ^e   Singh, R R ^e   more..

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e Haukeland University Hospital ^*

Author keywords

IGRA; Mantoux test; Paediatric TB; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRATHORACIC CHILDHOOD TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTIFERON-TB GOLD IN-TUBE TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH LAVAGE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84888125947     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0348     Document Type: Article

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