Factors Associated with the Performance of a Blood-Based Interferon-γ Release Assay in Diagnosing Tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Indeterminate results are a recognised limitation of interferon-γ release assays (IGRA) in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) and TB disease, especially in children. We investigated whether age and common co-morbidities were associated with IGRA performance in an...

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Autores principales: Banfield, Sally, Pascoe, Elaine, Thambiran, Aesen, Siafarikas, Aris, Burgner, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3373489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22701664
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038556

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3373489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22701664
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038556

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