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Utility of T-Cell Interferon-γ Release Assays for Etiological Diagnosis of Classic Fever of Unknown Origin in a High Tuberculosis Endemic Area — a pilot prospective cohort

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB), especially extrapulmonary TB is still the leading cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in China. However, diagnosis of TB still remains a challenge. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of T-SPOT.TB for etiological diagnosis of classic FUO in ad...

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Autores principales: Shi, Xiaochun, Zhang, Lifan, Zhang, Yueqiu, Zhou, Baotong, Liu, Xiaoqing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4718655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26784112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146879