Contribution of QuantiFERON-TB Gold-in-Tube to the Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Young Children in a Low TB Prevalence Country

Introduction: Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) has proven to be a useful test to evaluate the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens in children over the age of 5 years as an alternative to tuberculin skin testing (TST). Much less is known about its performance in younger childr...

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Autores principales: Debulpaep, Sara, Corbière, Véronique, Levy, Jack, Schelstraete, Petra, Vanden Driessche, Koen, Mascart, Françoise, Mouchet, Françoise
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6657736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31380325
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2019.00291

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6657736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31380325
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2019.00291

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