Current issues arising from tuberculosis screening with interferon-gamma-release assays (IGRAs);Aktuelle Fragestellungen zum Tuberkulose-Screening mit Interferon-Gamma-Release Assays (IGRAs)

Pneumologie

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 271-275

  Diel, R ^a,b   Nienhaus, A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b LungenClinic Grosshansdorf   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d Berufsgenossenschaft fur Gesundheitsdienst und Wohlfahrtspflege   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA INTERFERON;

BIOMARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; MASS SCREENING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84929330724     PISSN: 09348387     EISSN: 14388790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1391919     Document Type: Article

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