Routine hospital use of a new commercial whole blood interferon-γ assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection

Interferon (IFN)-gamma blood tests may improve the current level of diagnostic accuracy for tuberculosis infection. The QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-Gold) has been used in selected populations and shows higher specificity than the tuberculin skin test (TST). To evaluate the QFT-Gold test in unselected p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2005-09, Vol.172 (5), p.631-635
Hauptverfasser:	FERRARA, Giovanni, LOSI, Monica, FABBRI, Leonardo M, RICHELDI, Luca, MEACCI, Marisa, MECCUGNI, Barbara, PIRO, Roberto, ROVERSI, Pietro, BERGAMINI, Barbara Maria, D'AMICO, Roberto, MARCHEGIANO, Patrizia, RUMPIANESI, Fabio
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Blood. Blood and plasma substitutes. Blood products. Blood cells. Blood typing. Plasmapheresis. Apheresis Diagnostic Tests, Routine - methods Emergency and intensive cardiocirculatory care. Cardiogenic shock. Coronary intensive care Feasibility Studies Female Humans Immunoassay - methods Intensive care medicine Interferon-gamma - blood Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Skin Tests Transfusions. Complications. Transfusion reactions. Cell and gene therapy Tuberculosis - diagnosis
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