Interferon gamma release assays for Diagnostic Evaluation of Active tuberculosis (IDEA): test accuracy study and economic evaluation

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Utility of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assay in adult, pulmonary and extrapulmonary, active tuberculosis diagnosis

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Diagnostic utility of interferon-gamma release assay in extrapulmonary tuberculosis

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Systematic review, meta-analysis and economic modelling of molecular diagnostic tests for antibiotic resistance in tuberculosis

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Interferon Gamma Release Assays for Diagnosis of Pleural Tuberculosis: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Comparison of tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube for the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis

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Accuracy of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test for Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Children

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Fluctuating Behavior and Influential Factors in the Performance of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Assay in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

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Diagnostic Values of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Assay Carried out in China for Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis

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STARD 2015: an updated list of essential items for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies

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STARD 2015: an updated list of essential items for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies

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Performance of the Interferon Gamma Release Assays in Tuberculosis Disease in Children Five Years Old or Less

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Diagnostic Performance of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Assay and Factors Associated With Nonpositive Results in Patients With Miliary Tuberculosis

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The Sensitivity of T-SPOT.TB Assay in Diagnosis of Pediatric Tuberculosis

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Smoking increases risk of recurrence after successful anti-tuberculosis treatment: a population-based study

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Performance of interferon-γ Release Assay for the Diagnosis of Active or Latent Tuberculosis in Children in the First 2 Years of Age

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Interferon-Gamma Assay in Combination with Tuberculin Skin Test Are Insufficient for the Diagnosis of Culture-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis

(2014) Marcin Wlodarczyk et al.   PLoS One

Quantiferon-TB Gold: Performance for Ruling out Active Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Adults with High CD4 Count in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa

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Diabetes is associated with lower tuberculosis antigen-specific interferon gamma release in Tanzanian tuberculosis patients and non-tuberculosis controls

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Whole Blood Interferon-γ Release Assay Is Insufficient for the Diagnosis of Sputum Smear Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis

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Interferon-γ release assay in the diagnosis of laryngeal tuberculosis

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Decreasing incidence of tuberculosis among heterosexuals living with diagnosed HIV in England and Wales

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Improved Diagnostic Evaluation of Suspected Tuberculosis

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Systematic Review: T-Cell–based Assays for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: An Update

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Interferon-γ release assays in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis disease in a low-incident setting: a 5-year review of data

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Evaluation of interferon-γ release assay in the diagnosis of osteoarticular tuberculosis

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The sensitivity of an interferon-γ release assay in microbiologically confirmed pediatric tuberculosis

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Role of the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube test in the diagnosis of intrathoracic childhood tuberculosis

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World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki

(2013)   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Factors influencing discordant results of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube test in patients with active TB

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IGRAs – The gateway to T cell based TB diagnosis

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A Toolbox for Tuberculosis (TB) Diagnosis: An Indian Multicentric Study (2006–2008). Evaluation of QuantiFERON-TB Gold in Tube for TB Diagnosis

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Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Performance of Pleural Fluid and Peripheral Blood in Pleural Tuberculosis

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Screening for TB in high school adolescents in a high burden setting in South Africa

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Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) Statement

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Utility ofin vitrointerferon-γ release assay in differential diagnosis between intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease

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Interferon-γ Release Assays for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Infection in HIV-Infected Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Community-based evaluation of immigrant tuberculosis screening using interferon γ release assays and tuberculin skin testing: observational study and economic analysis

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The cost effectiveness of Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques for the diagnosis of tuberculosis

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Different screening strategies (single or dual) for the diagnosis of suspected latent tuberculosis: a cost effectiveness analysis

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Accuracy of Immunodiagnostic Tests for Active Tuberculosis Using Single and Combined Results: A Multicenter TBNET-Study

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Three methods to construct predictive models using logistic regression and likelihood ratios to facilitate adjustment for pretest probability give similar results

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