Title: The new advance in laboratory diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and its application
Abstract: Tuberculosis as a major threat to human health is continually increasing.Accurate and timely laboratory tests can ensure that infected patients receive early diagnosis and treatment,and it has played a key role to eliminate the source of infection and control the prevalence of tuberculosis.Conventional laboratory diagnostic methods are limited.Interferon gamma release test based on T-cell has received widespread concern with its highly sensitivity and specificity.This article reviews the advantage and the specific clinical application of interferon gamma release assays in the diagnosis of tuberculosis.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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