Interferon-gamma release assay performance in pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis.

Interferon-gamma release assay performance in pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis.

The diagnosis of tuberculosis remains difficult. This study aimed to assess performance of interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) in diagnosis of active tuberculosis (ATB) with pulmonary and extrapulmonary involvements, and to determine the diagnostic role of IGRA (T-SPOT.TB) and tuberculin skin test...

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Main Authors: Yun Feng, Ni Diao, Lingyun Shao, Jing Wu, Shu Zhang, Jialin Jin, Feifei Wang, Xinhua Weng, Ying Zhang, Wenhong Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3302779?pdf=render

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