The performance and limitation of T-SPOT.TB for the diagnosis of TB in a high prevalence setting.

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Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis remains difficulty. The previous reports have shown that the T-SPOT.TB assay may be a more promising diagnostic tool for TB, however, it needs a further study to evaluate the diagnostic value of T-SPOT.TB for the specific populations in a high prevalence setting.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Thorac Dis

Title: Journal of thoracic disease

ISSN: 2072-1439

ISSN (Print): 2072-1439

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2014

Volume: 6

Issue: 6

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[1 ] 1 Department of Transfusion, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China ; 2 Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tuberculosis, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China ; 3 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changzhou Tumor Hospital Soochow University, Changzhou 213001, China ; 4 Department of Emergency Medicine, Changzhou Tumor Hospital Soochow University, Changzhou 213001, China.

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Publisher Item ID: jtd-06-06-713

DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.04.38

PMC ID: 4073413

PubMed ID: 24976994

SO-VID: cb8681ea-e9ec-429d-b264-3e2c874e7ad6

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Keywords: tuberculosis (TB),extrapulmonary TB (EPTB),diagnostic tool,T-SPOT.TB

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Keywords: tuberculosis (TB), extrapulmonary TB (EPTB), diagnostic tool, T-SPOT.TB

The performance and limitation of T-SPOT.TB for the diagnosis of TB in a high prevalence setting.

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