1. Miliary Tuberculosis with Indeterminate Interferon Gamma Release Assay Results
- Author
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Keisuke Sawai, Akihiro Shinoyama, Hideki Miyachi, Keiji Tanaka, Yousuke Fujisawa, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takahito Nei, Yuuki Izumi, Akito Tetsuka, Yosie Arita, Mitsunobu Kitamura, Koichi Akutsu, Yusuke Hosokawa, and Hiroshige Murata
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Male ,Miliary tuberculosis ,Tuberculosis ,T-Lymphocytes ,Interferon gamma release assay ,Interferon-gamma biosynthesis ,Interferon-gamma ,Fatal Outcome ,Phagocytosis ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Interferon gamma ,False Negative Reactions ,Antigens, Bacterial ,Latent tuberculosis ,Tuberculosis, Miliary ,business.industry ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Virology ,Immunology ,Hemophagocytosis ,business ,Indeterminate ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Recently, interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs) have become an important clinical tool for detecting latent tuberculosis. However, IGRA results may impede making a diagnosis. We herein present an interesting case of miliary tuberculosis with a nonspecific IGRA reaction due to hemophagocytosis.
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- 2013