Whole Blood Interferon-γ Release Assay Is Insufficient for the Diagnosis of Sputum Smear Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis

PURPOSE: We investigated the value of an interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) for the diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) among sputum smear negative PTB suspects in an environment with intermediate burden of PTB and high Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination rate. MATERIALS AND METHO...

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Autores principales: Park, HeeJin, Shin, Jung Ar, Kim, Hyung Jung, Ahn, Chul Min, Chang, Yoon Soo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3990062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24719140
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2014.55.3.725

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3990062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24719140
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2014.55.3.725

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