Discordance of Tuberculin Skin Test and Interferon Gamma Release Assay in Recently Exposed Household Contacts of Pulmonary TB Cases in Brazil

Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) release assays (IGRAs) such as the Quantiferon Gold In-tube test are in vitro assays that measure IFN-γ release from T cells in response to M. tuberculosis (Mtb)-specific antigens. Unlike the tuberculin skin test (TST), IGRA is specific and able to distinguish Mtb-infection...

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Autores principales: Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Rodrigo, Kim, Soyeon, Coelho da Silva, Flávia Dias, Uzelac, Aleksandra, Collins, Lauren, Palaci, Moíses, Alland, David, Dietze, Reynaldo, Ellner, Jerrold J., Jones-López, Edward, Salgame, Padmini
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/PMC4018294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24819060
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096564

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4018294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24819060
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096564

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