Concordance of a positive tuberculin skin test and an interferon gamma release assay in bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccinated persons.

Mahan, C S; Johnson, D F; Curley, C; van der Kuyp, F

Mahan, C S; Johnson, D F; Curley, C; van der Kuyp, F.

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Mahan CS; Department of Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44109, USA. csmahan@gmail.com

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis ; 15(2): 174-8, i, 2011 Feb.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21219677

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BCG Vaccine; Interferon-gamma/metabolism; Latent Tuberculosis/diagnosis; Lymphocytes/microbiology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis/immunology; Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; Tuberculin Test; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use; Emigration and Immigration; False Positive Reactions; Female; Humans; Isoniazid/therapeutic use; Latent Tuberculosis/drug therapy; Latent Tuberculosis/ethnology; Latent Tuberculosis/immunology; Latent Tuberculosis/microbiology; Logistic Models; Lymphocytes/immunology; Male; Middle Aged; Odds Ratio; Ohio/epidemiology; Patient Selection; Predictive Value of Tests; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Unnecessary Procedures; Young Adult

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Reagent Kits, Diagnostic / Tuberculin Test / BCG Vaccine / Lymphocytes / Interferon-gamma / Latent Tuberculosis / Mycobacterium tuberculosis Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis Year: 2011 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: France

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