- ►annals.org [PDF] DPS Dosanjh, TSC Hinks, JA Innes, JJ … - Annals of internal …, 2008 - Am Coll Physicians Background: The role of new T-cell–based blood tests for tuber- culosis in the diagnosis of active
tuberculosis is unclear. ... Objective: To compare the performance of 2 interferon- assays and
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- ►annals.org M Bakir, KA Millington, A Soysal, JJ Deeks, … - Annals of internal …, 2008 - Am Coll Physicians Add to CiteULike Add to Complore Add to Connotea Add to Del.icio.us Add to Digg Add to Facebook Add
to Reddit Add to Technorati Add to Twitter What's this? ... Background: Enzyme-linked immunospot
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A Figures - Ann Intern Med, 2008 - visbdev.net Background: The role of new T-cell–based blood tests for tuber- culosis in the diagnosis of active
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PC Hill, DJ Jackson-Sillah, A Fox, RH Brookes, BC … - PLoS One, 2008 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov After initial Mantoux and ELISPOT tests and exclusion of co-prevalent TB cases, we followed 2348
household contacts of sputum smear positive TB cases. We visited them at 3 months, 6 months, 12
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- ►nih.gov J Dominguez, J Ruiz-Manzano, M De Souza- … - Clinical and Vaccine …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol We evaluated the T-SPOT.TB and Quantiferon-TB Gold In tube (QFN-G-IT) tests for diagnosing
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. T-SPOT.TB was more sensitive than QFN-G-IT in diagnosing both
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- ►ersj.org.uk C Jafari, M Ernst, A Strassburg, U Greinert, B … - European Respiratory …, 2008 - ersj.org.uk Among 12 patients with culture-confirmed smear-negative PTB, no differences were found in the
distribution of total CD4 or CD8 T-cells in peripheral blood or BAL fluid (BALF). Activated human
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D Goletti, C Stefania, O Butera, M Amicosante, M … - PLoS One, 2008 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov 425 individuals from 6 different European centres were prospectively enrolled. We found that
sensitivity of the novel test, TST, QuantiFERON-TB GOLD In-Tube and T-SPOT.TB was respectively
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- ►annals.org [PDF] M Pai, A Zwerling, D Menzies - Annals of internal medicine, 2008 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Interferon- –release assays (IGRAs) are alternatives to the tuberculin skin test
(TST). A recent meta-analysis showed that IGRAs have high specificity, even among populations that
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found to have an alternative diagnosis. Patients with tuberculosis had a median number of 17
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A Lalvani, KA Millington - The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2008 - UChicago Press Featured in New Scientist "Are we about to eliminate AIDS?" February 19, 2009 Major Clinical
Outcomes in Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)–Naive Participants and in Those Not Receiving ART at
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