Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Frontiers in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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C. Jafari, A. Bossink, G. Sotgiu, D. Goletti, J. A. Domínguez Benítez, M. Losi, R. Eberhardt, D. Kirsten, B. Kalsdorf, G. B. Migliori, A. Strassburg, L. Richeldi, U. Greinert, S. Thijsen, S. Winteroll, M. Ernst, C. Lange (Borstel, Heidelberg, Grosshansdorf, Germany; Utrecht, Netherlands; Sassari, Rome, Modena, Tradate, Italy; Barcelona, Spain). Differentiating smear-negative active tuberculosis from LTBI by BAL ELISPOT: a TBNET study. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 3064

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VAHEDI Saeed - 12.09.2009 13:52
a TBNET study
"In this cohort, BAL Elispot has a sensitivity of 91% and a specificity of 79% for the diagnosis of active pTB in smear-negative cases." Dear dr.Jafari Thank you for an interesting article! I was wondringwhy do you think that the sensitivity was higher in BAL than periferial blood. It looks like it is vis-versa in BAL compaired to peripherial blood Regards Dr.Vahedi

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