Evaluation of the Tuberculin Gamma Interferon Assay: Potential To Replace the Mantoux Skin Test

• Published in: Journal of Clinical Microbiology Vol. 37; no. 10; pp. 3229 - 3232
• Main Authors: POTTUMARTHY, S, MORRIS, A. J, HARRISON, A. C, WELLS, V. C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.10.1999
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Bacterial diseases; BCG Vaccine - immunology; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infant; Infectious diseases; Interferon-gamma - biosynthesis; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes; Mycobacterium avium; Mycobacterium intracellulare; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculin; Tuberculin Test; Tuberculosis - diagnosis; Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections; Vaccination; Performance evaluation; Human; Cytokine; Mycobacterium avium; Species specificity; Mycobacterial infection; Tuberculin; Medical screening; Mycobacterium intracellulare; Species complex; Infection; Tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycobacteriales; Bacteriosis; Mycobacteriaceae; Bacteria; Actinomycetes; Diagnosis; Comparative study; Gamma interferon; Skin test
• ISSN: 0095-1137; 1098-660X
• DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3229-3232.1999

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