Kinetics of the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube test during treatment of patients with sputum smear-positive tuberculosis in relation to initial TST result and severity of disease

Jonna Idh,Ebba Abate,Anna Westman,Daniel Elias,Helena Janols,Aschalew Gelaw,Assefa Getachew,Shitaye Alemu,Abraham Aseffa,Sven Britton,Olle Stendahl,Thomas B. Schön

Kinetics of the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube test during treatment of patients with sputum smear-positive tuberculosis in relation to initial TST result and severity of disease

2010

Jonna Idh
Ebba Abate
Anna Westman
Daniel Elias
Helena Janols
Aschalew Gelaw
Assefa Getachew
Shitaye Alemu
Abraham Aseffa
Sven Britton
Olle Stendahl
Thomas B. Schön

Abstract The QuantiFERON((R))-TB Gold In-Tube test (QFN) measures interferon-gamma production in response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens. Our aim was to assess the kinetics of the QFN and i ...

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QUANTIFERON-TB GOLD
Virology
Immunology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Medicine
Tuberculin
Sputum
Tuberculosis
Predictive value of tests
Disease
QuantiFERON

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