Comparison of same day diagnostic tools including Gene Xpert and unstimulated IFN-γ for the evaluation of pleural tuberculosis: A prospective cohort study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Meldau, Richard ^a   Peter, Jonny ^a   Theron, Grant ^a   Calligaro, Greg ^a   Allwood, Brian ^a   Symons, Greg ^a   Khalfey, Hoosain ^a   Ntombenhle, Gina ^a   Govender, Ureshnie ^a   Binder, Anke ^a   van Zyl Smit, Richard ^a   Dheda, Keertan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Diagnosis; Interferon gamma; Pleural fluid; Tuberculosis; Xpert MTB RIF

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA INTERFERON; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CENTRIFUGATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CULTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; SMEAR MICROSCOPY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; XPERT MTB RIF;

ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 84899474205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-14-58     Document Type: Article

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