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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...
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. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2009
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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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