Influence of age and nutritional status on the performance of the tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-Tube in young children evaluated for tuberculosis in Southern India

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2014, Pages e260-e269

  Jenum, Synne ^a   Selvam, Sumithra ^b   Mahelai, Diana ^c   Jesuraj, Nelson ^c   Cárdenas, Vicky ^d   Kenneth, John ^c   Hesseling, Anneke C ^e   Doherty, Timothy Mark ^f   Vaz, Mario ^c   Grewal, Harleen M S ^g  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Division of Epidemiology   (United States)

^c ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^d AERAS   (United States)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child. multivariate analyses; Interferon gamma release assay; Malnutrition; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS TEST KIT; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84926209481     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000399     Document Type: Article

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