laboratory tests for tuberculosis
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Indications
Advantages
- no need for 2nd visit
Methods
includes positive control
More general terms
More specific terms
- 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
Additional terms
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: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16631911