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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...
Autores principales: | Park, HeeJin, Shin, Jung Ar, Kim, Hyung Jung, Ahn, Chul Min, Chang, Yoon Soo |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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