Use of T-SPOT.TB in latent tuberculosis infection diagnosis in general and immunosuppressed populations

Immunosuppressed patients have a nine-fold greater risk of developing active tuberculosis (TB) disease given the latent TB infection than the general population. Few data are available on the predictivity of T-SPOT.TB in immunosuppressed patients. We had a T-SPOT.TB determination and a TST from 197...

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Vydáno v:	The New microbiologica Ročník 30; číslo 3; s. 286
Hlavní autoři:	Piana, Federica, Ruffo Codecasa, Luigi, Baldan, Rossella, Miotto, Paolo, Ferrarese, Maurizio, Cirillo, Daniela Maria
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	Italy 01.07.2007
Témata:	Bacterial Proteins - immunology Bacterial Proteins - metabolism Bacteriological Techniques Carrier State - diagnosis Hematologic Diseases - immunology Humans Immunocompetence Immunocompromised Host Interferon-gamma - biosynthesis Interferon-gamma - immunology Logistic Models Mycobacterium tuberculosis - metabolism Peptides - immunology Reagent Kits, Diagnostic Sensitivity and Specificity Species Specificity T-Lymphocytes - immunology Tuberculosis - diagnosis
ISSN:	1121-7138
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