A Three-Way Comparison of Tuberculin Skin Testing, QuantiFERON-TB Gold and T-SPOT.TB in Children

BACKGROUND: There are limited data comparing the performance of the two commercially available interferon gamma (IFN-γ) release assays (IGRAs) for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in children. We compared QuantiFERON-TB gold In Tube (QFT-IT), T-SPOT.TB and the tuberculin skin test (TST) in childre...

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Autores principales: Connell, Tom G., Ritz, Nicole, Paxton, Georgia A., Buttery, Jim P., Curtis, Nigel, Ranganathan, Sarath C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18612425
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002624

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18612425
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002624

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