Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria and the Performance of Interferon Gamma Release Assays in Denmark

BACKGROUND: The QuantiFERON-TB-Gold Test (QFT) is more specific than the Mantoux skin-test to discriminate between Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections. Here we study the performance of the QFT in patients with NTM disease. METHODS: From 2005 to 2011, n...

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Autores principales: Hermansen, Thomas Stig, Thomsen, Vibeke Østergaard, Lillebaek, Troels, Ravn, Pernille
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3976367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24705675
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093986

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3976367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24705675
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093986

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