Non-tuberculous mycobacteria and the performance of interferon gamma release assays in Denmark

The QuantiFERON-TB-Gold Test (QFT) is more specific than the Mantoux skin-test to discriminate between Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections. Here we study the performance of the QFT in patients with NTM disease. From 2005 to 2011, nationwide patient dat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2014-04, Vol.9 (4), p.e93986
Hauptverfasser:	Hermansen, Thomas Stig, Thomsen, Vibeke Østergaard, Lillebaek, Troels, Ravn, Pernille
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Antigens Biological response modifiers Biology and Life Sciences Care and treatment Children Colonization Databases, Factual Denmark - epidemiology Diagnosis Ethics Female Health aspects Humans Infections Infectious diseases Interferon Interferon gamma Interferon-gamma Release Tests Laboratories Lung diseases Lymphadenitis Male Medical diagnosis Medical research Medicine and Health Sciences Meta-Analysis as Topic Middle Aged Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - diagnosis Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - epidemiology Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - immunology Patients Registries Reproducibility of Results Retrospective Studies Skin tests Studies Tuberculosis
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