Fluctuating Behavior and Influential Factors in the Performance of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Assay in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: The QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) is a newly developed but widely used interferon-γ release assay for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB). However, research has not determined whether age or the use of an immune suppressive or anti-TB treatment influences this assay’s ability to detect...

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Autores principales: Bao, Lei, Li, Tao, Diao, Ni, Shen, Yaojie, Shao, Lingyun, Zhang, Ying, Lu, Shuihua, Zhang, Wenhong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4545827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26287382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103763

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4545827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26287382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103763

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