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Quantiferon-TB performs better in children, including infants, than in adults with active tuberculosis: a multicentre study
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Immunological tests, including the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-IT) assay, represent an important aid for diagnosing active tuberculosis (TB) and latent TB infections in children, but concerns about their use in children
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical)
Adult
Male
QuantiFERON-TB, TUBERCULOSIS, DIAGNOSIS, CHILDREN
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Tuberculosis
Adolescent
030106 microbiology
Interferon gamma values
Sensitivity and Specificity
QuantiFERON
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
Age
0302 clinical medicine
Latent Tuberculosis
Active disease
medicine
Adults
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
Children
Retrospective Studies
QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube
business.industry
Infant, Newborn
Infant
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
bacterial infections and mycoses
medicine.disease
Active tuberculosis
Multicenter study
Child, Preschool
Immunological tests
Female
business
Interferon-gamma Release Tests
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bce158c748866fe5446cdb2952f6feeb