Interferon-γ release assays for diagnosis of active pleural tuberculosis: a developing world perspective

Lange, Christoph and Sester, Martina and Sotgiu, Giovanni and Giehl, Claudia and Girardi, Enrico and Bossink, Aik and Dheda, Keertan and Diel, R. and Domínguez, J. and Lipman, M. and Migliori, Giovanni Battista and Nemeth, J. and Ravn, P. and Winkler, S. and Huitric, Emma and Sandgren, Andreas and Manissero, Davide (2011) Interferon-γ release assays for diagnosis of active pleural tuberculosis: a developing world perspective. European Respiratory Journal, Vol. 38 (3), p. 747-748. eISSN 1399-3003. Article.

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DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00071111

Abstract

We thank K. Shah and Z. Udwadia for their comment on the joint systematic review and meta-analysis of the role of interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs) for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis (TB) by the Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group (TBNET) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. It was demonstrated that immunodiagnosis by tuberculin skin testing and conventional IGRAs performed on cells from the peripheral blood, i.e. the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube (Cellestis, Carnegie, Victoria, Australia) and the T-SPOT®.

Item Type:	Article
ID Code:	7948
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs), tuberculosis
Divisions:	001 Università di Sassari > 01 Dipartimenti > Scienze biomediche
Publisher:	European Respiratory Society
eISSN:	1399-3003
Deposited On:	12 Sep 2012 10:23

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