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Performance of Commercial Blood Tests for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children and Adolescents

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2009

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Barbara Maria Bergamini, Monica Losi, Francesca Vaienti, Roberto D’Amico, Barbara Meccugni, Marisa Meacci, Donatella De Giovanni, Fabio Rumpianesi, Leonardo M. Fabbri, Fiorella Balli,
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Abstract

Different blood tests for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in children seem to perform differently, because both QuantiFERON-TB tests were more likely than T-SPOT.TB to give indeterminate results in children <4 years of age.

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