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Systematic review: T-cell-based assays for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection: an update.

Pai M, Zwerling A, Menzies D.

Ann Intern Med. 2008 Aug 5;149(3):177-84. Epub 2008 Jun 30. Review.PMID: 18593687 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Meta-analysis: new tests for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection: areas of uncertainty and recommendations for research.

Menzies D, Pai M, Comstock G.

Ann Intern Med. 2007 Mar 6;146(5):340-54. Erratum in: Ann Intern Med. 2007 May 1;146(9):688. PMID: 17339619 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Evolution of IGRA researches]

Ariga H, Harada N.

Kekkaku. 2008 Sep;83(9):641-52. Review. Japanese. PMID: 18979999 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Interferon-gamma release assays improve the diagnosis of tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in children in a country with a low incidence of tuberculosis.

Detjen AK, Keil T, Roll S, Hauer B, Mauch H, Wahn U, Magdorf K.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Aug 1;45(3):322-8. Epub 2007 Jun 15.PMID: 17599309 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diagnosing Latent Tuberculosis Infection in the HIV Era.

Lagrange PH, Herrmann JL.

Open Respir Med J. 2008;2:52-9. Epub 2008 May 23.PMID: 19343092 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Use of an interferon-gamma release assay to diagnose latent tuberculosis infection in foreign-born patients.

Brodie D, Lederer DJ, Gallardo JS, Trivedi SH, Burzynski JN, Schluger NW.

Chest. 2008 Apr;133(4):869-74. Epub 2008 Jan 15.PMID: 18198254 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Performance of commercial blood tests for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in children and adolescents.

Bergamini BM, Losi M, Vaienti F, D'Amico R, Meccugni B, Meacci M, De Giovanni D, Rumpianesi F, Fabbri LM, Balli F, Richeldi L.

Pediatrics. 2009 Mar;123(3):e419-24.PMID: 19254978 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Interferon-gamma release assays do not identify more children with active tuberculosis than the tuberculin skin test.

Kampmann B, Whittaker E, Williams A, Walters S, Gordon A, Martinez-Alier N, Williams B, Crook AM, Hutton AM, Anderson ST.

Eur Respir J. 2009 Jun;33(6):1374-82. Epub 2009 Feb 5.PMID: 19196815 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

High prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in patients in end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis: Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB GOLD, ELISPOT, and tuberculin skin test.

Lee SS, Chou KJ, Su IJ, Chen YS, Fang HC, Huang TS, Tsai HC, Wann SR, Lin HH, Liu YC.

Infection. 2009 Apr;37(2):96-102. Epub 2008 Dec 10.PMID: 19139810 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Connell TG, Ritz N, Paxton GA, Buttery JP, Curtis N, Ranganathan SC.

PLoS One. 2008 Jul 9;3(7):e2624.PMID: 18612425 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Comparative performance of tuberculin skin test, QuantiFERON-TB-Gold In Tube assay, and T-Spot.TB test in contact investigations for tuberculosis.

Diel R, Loddenkemper R, Meywald-Walter K, Gottschalk R, Nienhaus A.

Chest. 2009 Apr;135(4):1010-8. Epub 2008 Nov 18.PMID: 19017873 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diagnosing tuberculosis infection in the 21st century: new tools to tackle an old enemy.

Lalvani A.

Chest. 2007 Jun;131(6):1898-906. Review.PMID: 17565023 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Interferon gamma release assays: principles and practice.

Lalvani A, Pareek M.

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2009 Sep 22. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19783328 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articlesFree article

Accuracy of immunodiagnostic tests for active tuberculosis using single and combined results: a multicenter TBNET-Study.

Goletti D, Carrara S, Butera O, Amicosante M, Ernst M, Sauzullo I, Vullo V, Cirillo D, Borroni E, Markova R, Drenska R, Dominguez J, Latorre I, Angeletti C, Navarra A, Petrosillo N, Lauria FN, Ippolito G, Migliori GB, Lange C, Girardi E.

PLoS One. 2008;3(10):e3417. Epub 2008 Oct 15. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2009;4(6). doi: 10.1371/annotation/9c073390-ed15-44c9-bb85-b64e094e351a. Stefania, Carrara [corrected to Carrara, Stefania]. PMID: 18923709 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Specific immune-based diagnosis of tuberculosis infection]

Yotsumoto H.

Rinsho Byori. 2008 Nov;56(11):1026-33. Review. Japanese. PMID: 19086459 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of two interferon gamma release assays in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease in The Gambia.

Adetifa IM, Lugos MD, Hammond A, Jeffries D, Donkor S, Adegbola RA, Hill PC.

BMC Infect Dis. 2007 Oct 25;7:122.PMID: 17961228 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A systematic review of rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of tuberculosis infection.

Dinnes J, Deeks J, Kunst H, Gibson A, Cummins E, Waugh N, Drobniewski F, Lalvani A.

Health Technol Assess. 2007 Jan;11(3):1-196. Review.PMID: 17266837 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Tuberculosis contact investigation with a new, specific blood test in a low-incidence population containing a high proportion of BCG-vaccinated persons.

Diel R, Nienhaus A, Lange C, Meywald-Walter K, Forssbohm M, Schaberg T.

Respir Res. 2006 May 17;7:77.PMID: 16707012 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Comparison of a whole blood interferon-gamma assay with tuberculin skin testing for the detection of tuberculosis infection in hospitalized children in rural India.

Dogra S, Narang P, Mendiratta DK, Chaturvedi P, Reingold AL, Colford JM Jr, Riley LW, Pai M.

J Infect. 2007 Mar;54(3):267-76. Epub 2006 Jun 2.PMID: 16733068 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparing QuantiFERON-tuberculosis gold, T-SPOT tuberculosis and tuberculin skin test in HIV-infected individuals from a low prevalence tuberculosis country.

Stephan C, Wolf T, Goetsch U, Bellinger O, Nisius G, Oremek G, Rakus Z, Gottschalk R, Stark S, Brodt HR, Staszewski S.

AIDS. 2008 Nov 30;22(18):2471-9.PMID: 19005270 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles