A three-way comparison of tuberculin skin testing, QuantiFERON-TB gold and T-SPOT.TB in children.

A three-way comparison of tuberculin skin testing, QuantiFERON-TB gold and T-SPOT.TB in children.

<h4>Background</h4>There are limited data comparing the performance of the two commercially available interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) release assays (IGRAs) for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in children. We compared QuantiFERON-TB gold In Tube (QFT-IT), T-SPOT.TB and the tuberculin ski...

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Main Authors: Tom G Connell, Nicole Ritz, Georgia A Paxton, Jim P Buttery, Nigel Curtis, Sarath C Ranganathan
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f7a8cff4815442b092a5ff28a3b42cf3
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