The Impact of HIV Infection and CD4 Cell Count on the Performance of an Interferon Gamma Release Assay in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: The performance of the tuberculosis specific Interferon Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs) has not been sufficiently documented in tuberculosis- and HIV-endemic settings. This study evaluated the sensitivity of the QuantiFERON TB-Gold In-Tube (QFT-IT) in patients with culture confirmed pulmona...

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Autores principales: Aabye, Martine G., Ravn, Pernille, PrayGod, George, Jeremiah, Kidola, Mugomela, Apolinary, Jepsen, Maria, Faurholt, Daniel, Range, Nyagosya, Friis, Henrik, Changalucha, John, Andersen, Aase B.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2626632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19156218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004220

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2626632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19156218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004220

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