IGRA tests perform similarly to TST but cause no adverse reactions: pediatric experience in Finland

BACKGROUND: Two commercial interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs) (QuantiFERON(®)-TB Gold in Tube and T SPOT(®)-TB) to detect a contact with M. tuberculosis have recently become available. The majority of studies agree that the sensitivity and specificity of these methods are superior to the Tuberc...

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Autores principales: Tavast, Esko, Salo, Eeva, Seppälä, Ilkka, Tuuminen, Tamara
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2637289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19146687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-2-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2637289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19146687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-2-9

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