Source: Annual Congress 2009 - From bench to bedside: diagnosis of tuberculosis
Disease area: Respiratory infections



Rating:

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
M. Tarui, H. Ariga, H. Nagai, H. Matsui, S. Shoji, Y. Nakazima, H. Yotsumoto (Kiyose-City, Japan). Number of peripheral blood lymphocyte affects sensitivity of QuantiFERON TB -gold. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 1700

Member's Comments

No comment yet.

Related content which might interest you: Correlation of PPD test findings and eosinophil granulocyte (EGR) counts in the peripheral blood of patients treated for active pulmonary tuberculosis Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 342s Year: 2003 Evaluation of QuantiFERON microtube, using 0.9 mL blood, for diagnosing tuberculosis infection Source: Eur Respir J 2013; 41: 909-916 Year: 2013 Enhanced diagnosis of HIV-1-associated tuberculosis by relating T-SPOT.TB and CD4 counts Source: Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 594-600 Year: 2010 Synthesis of porphyrins in peripheral blood lymphocytes of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis Source: Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 589s Year: 2007 Importance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold and tuberculin skin test in the differential diagnosis of active and inactive pulmonary tuberculosis Source: Annual Congress 2010 - What is new in the diagnosis of tuberculosis? Year: 2010 Performance of two interferon-gamma release assays (T-SPOT.TB and QuantiFERON-TB GOLD In Tube) increase diagnostic yield of tuberculin skin testing for detection of latent tuberculosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Tuberculosis in immunocompromised hosts Year: 2011 Comparison of Mendel-Mantoux skin test and detection of specific CD4-T-cells with an IFN-γ assay in whole blood Source: Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 753s Year: 2007 Evaluation of QuantiFERON TB test (QFT-TB) in detection of children infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis Source: Annual Congress 2009 - From bench to bedside: diagnosis of tuberculosis Year: 2009 The role of the ESAT-6/CFP-10 in whole blood IFN-gamma test in TB assessment Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 140s Year: 2006 Comparison of whole-blood interferon-gamma release assay and tuberculin skin test results for the prediction of active tuberculosis disease in HIV-infected individuals Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection Year: 2009 Discordance QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-tube and tuberculin skin test: Latent tuberculosis infection or immunological memory? Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Tuberculosis diagnosis Year: 2013 Comparison of the accuracy of QuantiFERON TB gold in tube vs QuantiFERON-TB plus Source: International Congress 2016 – Active and latent tuberculosis: biomarkers Year: 2016 Evaluation of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold in tube cut-off for diagnosing tuberculosis in HIV-infected and non-HIV infected individuals Source: Annual Congress 2012 - New developments in the immunological diagnosis of tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection Year: 2012 Relationship between the whole blood interferon-gamma responses and the risk of active tuberculosis Source: Annual Congress 2006 - New methods to diagnose tuberculosis infection Year: 2006 Effects of corticosteroid treatment on the performance of QuantiFERON Gold In-Tube test in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Immune responses for the diagnosis of tuberculosis Year: 2010 Usefulness of the QuantiFERON TB-2G test for the differential diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Gamma-interferon-based tests to diagnose tuberculosis infection and disease Year: 2007 Interferon release does not add discriminatory value to smear-negative HIV–tuberculosis algorithms Source: Eur Respir J 2011; 39: 163-171 Year: 2012 Interferon release does not add discriminatory value to smear-negative HIV–tuberculosis algorithms Source: Eur Respir J 2012; 39: 163-171 Year: 2012 Frequency of beryllium and mycobacterial specific blood CD4+ T-cells in patients with sarcoidosis Source: Annual Congress 2008 - New insights into the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis Year: 2008 Impact of Quantiferon TB Gold intensity response in active over latent tuberculosis Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Tuberculosis and immunologic assays Year: 2012