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Diagnosis and follow-up of treatment of latent tuberculosis; the utility of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube assay in outpatients from a tuberculosis low-endemic country
BACKGROUND: Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) Release Assays (IGRA) are more specific than the tuberculosis skin test (TST) in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI). We present the performance of the QuantiFERON(®)-TB Gold In-tube (QFT-TB) assay as diagnostic test and during follow-up of...
Autores principales: | Dyrhol-Riise, Anne M, Gran, Gerd, Wentzel-Larsen, Tore, Blomberg, Bjørn, Haanshuus, Christel Gill, Mørkve, Odd |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2842274/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20210999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-57 |
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