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

• 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)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

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...