Negative effect of ferritin levels on T-SPOT.TB, an enzyme-linked immunospot based interferon-gamma release assay using Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific antigens, in the smear-positive active pulmonary tuberculosis.

M. Yamamoto (Yokohama, Japan), K. Tashiro (Yokohama, Japan), M. Ikeda (Yokohama, Japan), H. Nagakura (Yokohama, Japan), K. Nakashima (Yokohama, Japan), R. Ushio (Yokohama, Japan), K. Nagai (Yokohama, Japan), Y. Hara (Yokohama, Japan), N. Kobayashi (Yokohama, Japan), T. Sato (Yokohama, Japan), M. Shinkai (Yokohama, Japan), M. Kudo (Yokohama, Japan), T. Kaneko (Yokohama, Japan)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Diagnosis of tuberculosis

Session: Diagnosis of tuberculosis
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 4775

Disease area: Respiratory infections

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M. Yamamoto (Yokohama, Japan), K. Tashiro (Yokohama, Japan), M. Ikeda (Yokohama, Japan), H. Nagakura (Yokohama, Japan), K. Nakashima (Yokohama, Japan), R. Ushio (Yokohama, Japan), K. Nagai (Yokohama, Japan), Y. Hara (Yokohama, Japan), N. Kobayashi (Yokohama, Japan), T. Sato (Yokohama, Japan), M. Shinkai (Yokohama, Japan), M. Kudo (Yokohama, Japan), T. Kaneko (Yokohama, Japan). Negative effect of ferritin levels on T-SPOT.TB, an enzyme-linked immunospot based interferon-gamma release assay using Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific antigens, in the smear-positive active pulmonary tuberculosis.. 4775

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