Impact of a T cell-based blood test for tuberculosis infection on clinical decision-making in routine practice

New T cell-based blood tests for tuberculosis infection could improve diagnosis of tuberculosis but their clinical utility remains unknown. We describe the role of the ELISpot test in the diagnostic work-up of 13 patients presenting with suspected tuberculosis in routine practice. Of the seven patie...

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Autores principales: Gooding, Sarah, Chowdhury, Oni, Hinks, Tim, Richeldi, Luca, Losi, Monica, Ewer, Katie, Millington, Kerry, Gunatheesan, Ruba, Cerri, Stefania, McNally, Jeremy, Lalvani, Ajit
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: W.B. Saunders 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2808474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17188363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2006.11.002

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2808474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17188363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2006.11.002

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