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Usefulness of interferon-γ release assay for the diagnosis of sputum smear-negative pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB in Zhejiang Province, China

Abstract Background Quick diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and extra-pulmonary TB are urgently needed in clinical diagnosis. Our research aims to investigate the usefulness of the interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary and extra-pulmona...

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Main Authors:	Lei Ji (Author), Yong-Liang Lou (Author), Zhong-Xiu Wu (Author), Jin-Qin Jiang (Author), Xing-Li Fan (Author), Li-Fang Wang (Author), Xiao-Xiang Liu (Author), Peng Du (Author), Jie Yan (Author), Ai-Hua Sun (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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