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laboratory tests for tuberculosis
Indications:
- tuberculosis
Advantages:
- no need for 2nd visit
Method: includes positive control
Related
tuberculosis
Specific
Mycobacterium tuberculosis antibody in serum
Mycobacterium tuberculosis nucleic acid (DNA or RNA)
QuantiFERON-TB test; interferon gamma release assay (IGRA)
T-spot.TB
Xpert MTB/RIF assay
General
clinical microbiology test
References
- Ferrara G et al,
Use in routine clinical practice of two commercial blood tests
for diagnosis of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Lancet 2006; 367:1328
PMID: 16631911