Prior tuberculin skin testing does not boost QuantiFERON-TB results in paediatric contacts

Eur Respir J. 2008 Aug;32(2):524-5. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00014508.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoassay
  • Infant
  • Interferon-gamma / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / metabolism*
  • Pediatrics / methods
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Skin Tests
  • Tuberculin Test / methods*
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Interferon-gamma