Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Diagnosis of tuberculosis and laboratory aspects - I
Disease area: Respiratory infections



Rating:

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
K. Ewer, J. Deeks, L. Alvarez, G. Bryant, S. Waller, P. Andersen, P. Monk, A. Lalvani (Oxford, United Kingdom; Copenhagen, Denmark). T cell-based diagnosis of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: a blinded comparison with the tuberculin skin test in a school tuberculosis outbreak. Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 1040

Member's Comments

No comment yet.

Related content which might interest you: Comparison of the tuberculin skin test and two commercial blood tests for diagnosing active mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and nontuberculous mycobacterium infection Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Gamma-interferon-based tests to diagnose tuberculosis infection and disease Year: 2007 Comparison between quantiFERON-TB gold and tuberculin skin testing for the detection of tuberculosis infection among BCG vaccinated schoolers at risk for tuberculosis exposure Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Interferon-gamma release assay tests for diagnosing tuberculosis infection and disease Year: 2008 Comparison of the tuberculin skin test and the ELISPOT blood test for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in pre-transplant dialysis patients Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Diagnosis of tuberculosis and LTBI Year: 2005 IFN-γ T cell response in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in children with a positive tuberculin skin test Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Tuberculosis contact screening Year: 2009 Diagnosing TB infection in children: analysis of discordances using in vitro tests and the tuberculin skin test Source: Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 1166-1174 Year: 2011 The tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON test comparison in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in children Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Tuberculosis in children Year: 2010 The comparison of tuberculin skin test and quantiferon TB gold test in latent tuberculosis infection in health workers Source: Annual Congress 2008 - New tests and methods to diagnose tuberculosis infection and disease and to monitor treatment Year: 2008 Sensitivity of C-Tb: a novel RD-1-specific skin test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection Source: Eur Respir J 2016; 47: 919-928 Year: 2016 Performance of the tuberculin skin test and Interferon-gamma release assays for detection of tuberculosis infection in immunocompromised patients in a TB endemic population Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Immune responses for the diagnosis of tuberculosis Year: 2010 Comparison between the antigen-specific interferon-gamma assay and the tuberculin skin testing for the detection of tuberculosis infection among BCG vaccinated schoolers at risk for tuberculosis exposure Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Gamma-interferon-based tests to diagnose tuberculosis infection and disease Year: 2007 T SPOT-TB and Mantoux test in diagnosis of M.tuberculosis infection in recently BCG vaccinated children Source: Annual Congress 2007 - New methods to diagnose tuberculosis infection and disease and problems in tuberculosis care Year: 2007 Quantiferon and tuberculin skin test for detection of tuberculosis infection in immunocompromised patients Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Clinical tuberculosis Year: 2010 Comparison of a T-cell-based assay with tuberculin skin testing (TST) for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in contact-tracing procedures Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Diagnosis of tuberculosis and LTBI Year: 2005 Contribution of the T-SPOT.TB assay for detection of latent tuberculous infection (LTBI) in contact tracing procedures Source: Annual Congress 2006 - New methods to diagnose tuberculosis infection Year: 2006 Comparison of two commercial interferon-γ assays for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: 24-30 Year: 2006 Comparison of the tuberculin skin test and the RD1 elispot for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in renal transplant patients Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 142s Year: 2006 Utility of tuberculin and anergy skin testing in predicting TB infection in HIV infected children in Constantza county Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 157s Year: 2003 Latent tuberculosis Source: Respipedia Article Year: 2018 LTBI: latent tuberculosis infection or lasting immune responses to M. tuberculosis? A TBNET consensus statement Source: Eur Respir J 2009; 33: 956-973 Year: 2009 New immunologic tools for the diagnosis and therapy of tuberculosis Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Challenges in the management of pulmonary tuberculosis: a continuous clinical problem Year: 2005