Utility of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Moroccan children.

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Abstract

The utility of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs), such as the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) test, in diagnosing active tuberculosis (TB) in children is unclear and depends on the epidemiological setting.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Int J Tuberc Lung Dis

Title: The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Publisher: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

ISSN (Electronic): 1815-7920

ISSN (Print): 1027-3719

Publication date (Electronic): December 2016

Volume: 20

Issue: 12

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[1 ] Genetics Unit, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Faculty of ScienceKenitra IbnTofail University, Kenitra.

[2 ] Ear, Nose, Throat Department, Head and Neck Surgery, Medical and Pharmacy School of Rabat, Mohammed V Military Hospital, University of Mohammed V, Rabat.

[3 ] Department of Paediatrics, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Medical and Pharmacy School of Rabat, University of Mohammed V, Rabat.

[4 ] Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Rabat Childrens Hospital, Rabat.

[5 ] Department of Paediatrics, Mohammed V Military Hospital.

[6 ] Department of Neurosurgery, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, University of Mohammed V Souissi, Rabat.

[7 ] Genetics Unit, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Faculty of Sciences of Rabat, University of Mohammed V, Rabat.

[8 ] Medical and Pharmacy School of Rabat, University of Mohammed V, Rabat, Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Rabat Childrens Hospital, Rabat.

[9 ] Clinical Immunology Unit, Casablanca Childrens Hospital, Ibn Rochd Medical School.

[10 ] Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Ibn Rochd Hospital University Centre, King Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.

[11 ] Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, Institut National de la Sant et de la Recherche Mdicale Unit 1163, Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.

[12 ] McGill Centre for the Study of Host Resistance, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

[13 ] Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, Institut National de la Sant et de la Recherche Mdicale Unit 1163, Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, Center for the Study of Primary Immunodeficiencies, Assistance Publique-Hpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Necker Hospital, Paris, France.

[14 ] Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, Institut National de la Sant et de la Recherche Mdicale Unit 1163, Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, St Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, New York, USA, Paediatric Haematology-Immunology Unit, AP-HP, Necker Hospital, Paris, France.

[15 ] Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, Institut National de la Sant et de la Recherche Mdicale Unit 1163, Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, St Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York.

[16 ] Genetics Unit, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat.

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DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.16.0382

PubMed ID: 27931340

SO-VID: d79d8e57-256d-4a6c-8588-b145487ac0ba

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