A combination of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assay and the detection of adenosine deaminase improves the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion

The differential diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and malignant pleural effusion (MPE) remains difficult despite the availability of numerous diagnostic tools. The current study aimed to evaluate the performance of the whole blood QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) assay and conven...

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Autores principales: Liu, Yuanyuan, Ou, Qinfang, Zheng, Jian, Shen, Lei, Zhang, Bingyan, Weng, Xinhua, Shao, Lingyun, Gao, Yan, Zhang, Wenhong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5034099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27485497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/emi.2016.80

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