The clinical utility of tuberculin skin test and interferon-γ release assay in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis among young adults: a prospective observational study

BACKGROUND: The roles of the tuberculin skin test (TST) and QuantiFERON(®)-TB Gold In-Tube assay (QFT-IT) in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis (TB) are not clear in young adults. We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of the TST and QFT-IT in smear-negative TB among young adults with no underlying...

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Main Authors: Lee, Ji Eun, Kim, Hee-Jin, Lee, Sei Won
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3100264/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21501477
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-96
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