Using tests for latent tuberculous infection to diagnose active tuberculosis: can we eat our cake and have it too?

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Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Interferon-γ release assays for active pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis in adults in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and meta-analysis.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2011
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2. Systematic review: T-cell-based assays for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection: an update.Annals of internal medicine · 2008
   Pooled it
3. Multifocal bone tuberculosis simulating metastasis.Clinical case reports · 2021
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4. Multifocal musculoskeletal tuberculosis mimicking multiple bone metastases: a case report.BMC infectious diseases · 2016
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5. Laboratory Diagnosis of Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB) in Resource-constrained Setting: State of the Art, Challenges and the Need.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2015
   Review
6. Long-incubation-time gamma interferon release assays in response to purified protein derivative, ESAT-6, and/or CFP-10 for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children.Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI · 2014
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7. Mtb-specific CD27low CD4 T cells as markers of lung tissue destruction during pulmonary tuberculosis in humans.PloS one · 2012
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8. Immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis: a dynamic view of biomarker discovery.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2011
   Review
9. The sensitivity of interferon-gamma release assays is not compromised in tuberculosis patients with diabetes.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2011
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10. Role of interferon-gamma release assays in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with advanced HIV infection.BMC infectious diseases · 2010
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11. A case of Poncet disease diagnosed with interferon-gamma-release assays.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2009
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12. The impact of HIV infection and CD4 cell count on the performance of an interferon gamma release assay in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.PloS one · 2009
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Corrections and comments

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  Improved diagnostic evaluation of suspected tuberculosis.2008

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