Serial testing for tuberculosis: can we make sense of T cell assay conversions and reversions?
editorial · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 17564491.
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Abstract
The authors discuss a new study, which they say is a valuable addition to the existing literature on the performance of interferon gamma release assays in serial testing for TB infection.
Medical subject headings
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Interferon-gamma
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- T-Lymphocytes
- Tuberculosis