Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in young children: analyzing the performance of the diagnostic tests.

OBJECTIVE:This study evaluated the performance of the Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) and Quantiferon-TB Gold in-Tube (QFT) and the possible association of factors which may modify their results in young children (0-6 years) with recent contact with an index tuberculosis case. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A cro...

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Main Authors: Tomàs M Pérez-Porcuna, Carlos Ascaso, Adriana Malheiro, Rosa Abellana, Marilaine Martins, José Felipe Jardim Sardinha, Patricia Quincó, Irineide Assumpção Antunes, Marlucia da Silva Garrido, Samira Bührer-Sékula, Flor Ernestina Martinez-Espinosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4039466?pdf=render