Predictors for false-negative QuantiFERON-TB Gold assay results in patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis

BACKGROUNDS: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is a heterogeneous disease, and diagnosis is sometimes difficult. We investigated the diagnostic performance of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold assay (QFT-GIT) according to sites of EPTB and predictors for false-negative QFT-GIT results. METHODS: A total of 21...

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Autores principales: Kim, Youn Jeong, Kang, Ji Young, Kim, Sang Il, Chang, Mee Soo, Kim, Yang Ree, Park, Yeon Joon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6131843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30200884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3344-x

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