Euro Surveillance 2014;19(47):pii=20970, p.31-37
Guidelines for treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis and patient care
Update 2017
Interferon-γ Assays - Description and Assessment of a New Tool in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis.
Haür B et al. Interferon-γ-Tests in der ...Pneumologie 2006; 60: 29-44
Consensus -based guidelines for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of tuberculosis in children and adolescents
des Deutschen Zentralkomitees zur Bekämpfung der Tuberkulose (DZK) und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin (DGP)
Recommendations for Diagnosis and Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacterioses of the German Central Committee against Tuberculosis and the German Respirator...y Society
Pneumologie 2013; 67: 605–633
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Three classess of tests are now recommended in the latest consolidated guideles on tests for tuberculosis infection. It includes for the first-time a new class of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen-based skin tests (TBSTs), and the two existing classes of tests: the tuberculin skin test (TST) and t...he interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs).
IGRAs and TBSTs use Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antigens and represent a significant advancement to TST which has been used for over half a century.
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2014,3 :31
Tropical Medicine and International Health volume 21 no 1 pp 101-107 january 2016
National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Conrol Programme
INT J TUBERC LUNG DIS 22(2):197–205 http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.17.0245