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Role of interferon-gamma release assays in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with advanced HIV infection
BACKGROUND: T-cell interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) may have a role in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis when evaluating patients for whom standard microbiology has limited sensitivity. Our objective was to examine the accuracy of a commercial IGRA for diagnosis of active tuberculosis in H...
Autores principales: | Cattamanchi, Adithya, Ssewenyana, Isaac, Davis, J Lucian, Huang, Laurence, Worodria, William, den Boon, Saskia, Yoo, Samuel, Andama, Alfred, Hopewell, Philip C, Cao, Huyen |
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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/PMC2846947/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20302657 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-75 |
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