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Adetifa IM, et al. Commercial Interferon Gamma Release Assays Compared to the
Tuberculin Skin Test for Diagnosis of Latent Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection in
Childhood Contacts in the Gambia. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 29(5):439-43,
2010. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Adetifa IM, et al. Comparison of Two Interferon Gamma Release Assays in the
Diagnosis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in The Gambia. BMC
Infectious Diseases. 7:122, 2007. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Altet-Gómez N, et al. Diagnosing TB Infection in Children: Analysis of Discordances
using In Vitro Tests and Tuberculin Skin Test. European Respiratory Journal: Official
Journal of the European Society for Clinical Respiratory Physiology. [Epub ahead of
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American Thoracic Society. Targeted tuberculin testing and treatment of
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Arend SM, et al. Comparison of Two Interferon-Gamma Assays and Tuberculin Skin
Test for Tracing Tuberculosis Contacts. American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care
Medicine. 175(6):618–27, 2007. Article:
http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/short/175/6/618
Bamford AR, et al. Comparison of Interferon-gamma Release Assays and Tuberculin
Skin Test in Predicting Active Tuberculosis (TB) in Children in the UK- a Paediatric TB
Network Study. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 95(3):180-6, 2010. Email for reprints:
[email protected]
Bakir M, et al. Prognostic Value of a T-Cell–Based, Interferon-Gamma Biomarker in
Children with Tuberculosis Contact. Annals of Internal Medicine. 149 (11): 777-787,
2008. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Bakir M, et al. Use of T Cell–Based Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection to Optimize
Interpretation of Tuberculin Skin Testing for Child Tuberculosis Contacts. Clinical
Infectious Diseases. 48(3):302–12, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Bartu V, et al. QuantiFERON-TB Gold in the Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis. Journal
of International Medical Research. 36(3):434–7, 2008. Email for reprints:
[email protected]
Bennett DE, et al. Prevalence of Tuberculosis Infection in the United States Population:
the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2000. American Journal of
Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine. 177:348–355, 2008. Article:
http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/short/177/3/348
Bergamini BM, et al. Performance of Commercial Blood Tests for the Diagnosis of
Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics. 123(3):e419-24,
2009. Article: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/123/3/e419
Beveridge NE, et al. A Comparison of IFNgamma Detection Methods Used in
Tuberulosis Vaccine Trails. Tuberculosis. 88(6):631-40, 2008. Emails for reprint:
[email protected]
Bianchi L, et al. Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Improves the Diagnosis of
Tuberculosis in Children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 28(6):510-14, 2009.
Emails for reprints: [email protected].
Bocchino M, et al. IFN-Gamma Release Assays in Tuberculosis Management in Selected
High-Risk Populations. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics. 9(2):165-77, 2009.
Email for reprints: [email protected]
Bosshard V, et al. Do Results of the T-SPOT.TB Interferon-Gamma Release Assay
Change after Treatment of Tuberculosis? Respiratory Medicine. 103:30–4, 2009. Email
for reprints: [email protected]
Bruzzese E, et al. Gamma Interferon Release Assays for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
Infection in Immune-Compromised Children in a Country Which the Prevalence of
Tuberculosis is Low. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47(7):2355-7 2009. Emails for
reprints: [email protected]
Chee CB, et al. Comparison of Sensitivities of Two Commercial Gamma Interferon
Release Assays for Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology.
46(6):1935–1940, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Chun JK, et al. The Role of a Whole Blood Interferon-Gamma Assay for the Detection of
Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccinated Children.
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 62(4):389-94, 2008. Email for reprints:
[email protected]
Connell TG, et al. Early Detection of Perinatal Tuberculosis Using a Whole Blood
Interferon-Gamma Release Assay. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 42(11):e82–5, 2006.
Email for reprints: [email protected]
Connell TG, et al. Performance of a Whole Blood Interferon Gamma Assay for Detecting
Latent Infection with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Children. Thorax, 61(7):616–20,
2006. Email for reprints: [email protected]
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Connell TG, et al. Reversion and Conversion of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis IFNgamma ELISpot Results during Anti-Tuberculous Treatment in HIV-infected Children.
BMC Infectious Diseases. 10:138, 2010. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Connell TG, et al. A Three-Way Comparison of Tuberculin Skin Testing, QuantiFERONTB Gold and T-SPOT.TB in Children. PLoS ONE. 3(7):e2624, 2008. Email for reprints:
[email protected]
Connell TG, et al. Indeterminate Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Results in Children.
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 29(3):285-6, 2010. Email for reprints:
[email protected]
Davies MA, et al. Detection of Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Children using an EnzymeLinked Immunospot Assay. AIDS. 23(8):961-9, 2009. Emails for reprint:
[email protected]
Detjen AK, et al. Interferon-Gamma Release Assays Improve the Diagnosis of
Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease in Children in a Country with a
Low Incidence of Tuberculosis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 45(3):322-8, 2007. Email
for reprints: [email protected]
Diel R, et al. Comparative Performance of Tuberculin Skin Test, QuantiFERON-TBGold In Tube Assay, and T-Spot.TB Test in Contact Investigations for Tuberculosis.
Chest. 135(4):1010–18, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Dogra S, et al. Comparison of a Whole Blood Interferon-Gamma Assay with Tuberculin
Skin Testing for the Detection of Tuberculosis Infection in Hospitalized Children in
Rural India. Journal of Infection. 54(3):267-76, 2007. Email for reprints:
[email protected]
Domínguez J et al. Comparison of Two Commercially Available Gamma-Interferon
Blood Tests for Immunodiagnosis of Tuberculosis. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology:
CVI. 15(1):168-71, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Ewer K, et al. Comparison of T-Cell-Based Assay with Tuberculin Skin Test for
Diagnosis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection in a School Tuberculosis Outbreak.
Lancet. 361(9364):1168–73, 2003. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Farhat M, et al. False-Positive Tuberculin Skin Tests: What is the Absolute Effect of
BCG and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria? International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease. 10(11):1192–1204, 2006. Article: http://docstore.ingenta.com/cgibin/ds_deliver/1/u/d/ISIS/58720515.1/iuatld/ijtld/2006/00000010/00000011/art00003/53
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Ferrara G, et al. Use in Routine Clinical Practice of Two Commercial Blood Tests for
Diagnosis of Infection with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: a Prospective Study. Lancet.
367:1328–34, 2006. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Franken WPJ, et al. Interferon-Gamma Release Assays During Follow-Up of Tuberculin
Skin Test-Positive Contacts. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
12(11):1286–94, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Gaseitsiwe S, et al. Pattern Recognition in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Defined by High
Content Peptide Microarray Chip Analysis Representing 61 Proteins from M.
Tuberculosis. PLoS ONE. 3(12):e3840, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Goletti D, et al. Accuracy of an Immune Diagnostic Assay Based on RD1 Selected
Epitopes for Active Tuberculosis in a Clinical Setting: a Pilot Study. Clinical
Microbiology and Infection. 12:544–50, 2006. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Grare M, et al. QuantiFERON((R))-TB Gold In-Tube as Help for the Diagnosis of
Tuberculosis in a French Pediatric Hospital. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious
Disease. 66(4):366-72, 2010. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Hansted E, et al. T-Cell-Based Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection in Children in
Lithuania: a Country of High Incidence Despite a High Coverage with Bacille CalmetteGuerin Vaccination. BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 9:41, 2009. Email for reprints:
[email protected]
Harada N, et al. Comparison of the Sensitivity and Specificity of Two Whole Blood
Interferon-Gamma Assays for M. Tuberculosis Infection. Journal of Infection.
56(5):348–353, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Hauck FR, et al. Identification and Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection.
American Family Physician. 79(10):879-86, 2009. Article:
http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0515/p879.html
Haustein T, et al. The Likelihood of an Indeterminate Test Result from a Whole-Blood
Interferon-Gamma Release Assay for the Diagnosis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Infection in Children Correlates With Age and Immune Status. Pediatric Infectious
Disease Journal. 28(8): 669-73, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Herrmann JL, et al. Temporal Dynamics of Interferon Gamma Responses in
Children Evaluated for Tuberculosis. PLoS ONE. 4(1):e4130, 2009. Email for reprints:
[email protected]
Hesseling AC, et al. Highly Discordant T-cell Responses in Individuals with Recent
Household Tuberculosis Exposure. Thorax. 64:840–846, 2009. Email for reprints:
[email protected]
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Heymann SJ, et al. Pediatric tuberculosis: What Needs to be Done to Decrease Morbidity
and Mortality. Pediatrics 106:E1, 2000. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Higuchi K, et al. Use of QuantiFERON®-TB Gold to Investigate Tuberculosis Contacts
in a High School. Respirology. 12(1):88–92, 2007. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Higuchi K, et al. Contact Investigation in a Primary School using a Whole Blood
Interferon-Gamma Assay. Journal of Infection 58(5):352-7, 2009. Email for reprints:
[email protected]
Hill PC, et al. Comparison of Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay and Tuberculin Skin
Test in Healthy Children Exposed to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. Pediatrics.
117(5):1542-8, 2006. Website for reprints: http://www.pediatrics.org/misc/reprints.shtml
Janssens JP, et al. Contribution of a IFN-Gamma Assay in Contact Tracing for
Tuberculosis in a Low-Incidence, High Immigration Area. Swiss Medical Weekly.138(3940):585–93, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Janssens JP, et al. Quantitative Scoring of an Interferon-Gamma Assay for Differentiating
Active from Latent Tuberculosis. European Respiratory Journal. 30(4):722–728, 2007.
Email for reprints: [email protected]
Kampmann B, et al. Interferon-Gamma Release Assays do not Identify More Children
with Active Tuberculosis than the Tuberculin Skin Test. European Respiratory Journal.
33(6):1374-82, 2009 Email for reprints: [email protected]
Lalvani A, Millington KA. T Cell-Based Diagnosis of Childhood Tuberculosis Infection.
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 20(3):264–71, 2007. Email for reprints:
[email protected]
Lange C, Mori T. Advances in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. Respirology. 15(2):220-40,
2010. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Lee JY, et al. Comparison of Two Commercial Interferon-Gamma Assays for Diagnosing
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection. European Respiratory Journal. 28(1):24–30,
2006. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Lew WJ, et al. Combined use of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Assay and Chest Computed
Tomography in a Tuberculosis Outbreak. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease: the Official Journal of the International Union Against Tuberculosis & Lung
Disease. 13(5): 633-9, 2009. Article: http://docstore.ingenta.com/cgibin/ds_deliver/1/u/d/ISIS/58720602.1/iuatld/ijtld/2009/00000013/00000005/art00018/4F
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Lewinsohn DA. Embracing Interferon-Gamma Release Assays for Diagnosis of Latent
Tuberculosis Infection. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 28(8):674-5, 2009. Email
for reprints: [email protected]
Lewinsohn DA, et al. Interferon-Gamma Release Assays: New Diagnostic Tests for
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection, and their Use in Children. Current Opinion in
Pediatrics. 22(1):71-6, 2010. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Lewinsohn DA, et al. Whole Blood Interferon-Gamma Responses to Mycobacterium
Tuberculosis Antigens in Young Household Contacts of Persons with Tuberculosis in
Uganda. PLoS ONE. 3(10):e3407, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Lewinsohn DA, et al. Tuberculosis Immunology in Children: Diagnostic and Therapeutic
Challenges and Opportunities. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
8(5):658–674, 2004. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Liebeschuetz S, et al. Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in South African Children with a T-cellBased Assay: a Prospective Cohort Study. Lancet 364(9452):2196–203, 2004. Email for
reprints: [email protected]
Lighter J, et al. Chemokine IP-10: An Adjunct Marker for Latent Tuberculosis Infection
in Children. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 13(6): 731–6,
2009. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Lighter J, et al. Latent Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Children by Using the QuantiFERONTB Gold In-Tube Test. Pediatrics.123(1):30-7, 2009. Website for reprints:
http://www.pediatrics.org/misc/reprints.shtml
Lighter J. Rigaud M., Diagnosing Childhood Tuberculosis: Traditional and Innovative
Modalities. Current Problems Pediatric & Adolescent Health Care. 39(3):61-88, 2009.
Email for reprints: [email protected]
Lucas M, et al. A Prospective Large-Scale Study of Methods for the Detection of Latent
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection in Refugee Children. Thorax. 65(5):442-8, 2010.
Email for reprints: [email protected]
Magdorf K, et al. T-Cell Responses Against Tuberculin and Sensitin in Children With
Tuberculosis and Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacterial Lymphadenopathy. Clinical
Microbiology and Infection. 14(11):1079–83, 2008. Email for reprints:
[email protected]
Mandalakas AM, et al. High Level of Discordant IGRA Results in HIV-Infected Adults
and Children. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 12(4):417–23,
2008. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Mandalakas AM, et al. Interpretation of Repeat Tuberculin Skin Testing in International
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Adoptees: Conversions or Boosting. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 27(10):913-9,
2008. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Marais BJ, Pai M. Recent Advances in the Diagnosis of Childhood Tuberculosis.
Archives of Disease in Childhood. 92(5):446-52, 2007. Email for reprints:
[email protected]
Mazurek GH, et al. Provisional Guide-lines for use of Interferon Gamma Release Assays
(IGRAs) to Detect Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection in the United States. National
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Molicotti P, et al. Performance of QuantiFERON-TB Testing in a Tuberculosis Outbreak
at a Primary School. Journal of Pediatrics. 152(4):585-6, 2008. Email for reprints:
[email protected]
Mori T. Usefulness of Interferon-Gamma Release Assays for Diagnosing TB Infection
and Problems with these Assays. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy: Official
Journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy. 15(3):143-55, 2009. Email for reprints:
[email protected]
Méndez Echevarría A, et al. Lack of Sensitivity of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test in Tube
in a Child with Tuberculous Meningitis. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 29(7):6834, 2010. Article: http://ovidsp.tx.ovid.com/sp3.2.2b/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&AN=00006454-20100700000032&NEWS=N&CSC=Y&CHANNEL=PubMed
Nakaoka H, et al. Risk for Tuberculosis Among Children. Emerging Infectious Diseases.
12(9):1383-8, 2006. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Neira-Munoz E, et al. Extensive Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Among
Children on a School Bus. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 27(9):835-7, 2008.
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Nelson LJ, Wells CD. Global Epidemiology of Childhood Tuberculosis. International
Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 8:636–647, 2004. Email for reprints:
[email protected]
Nicol MP, et al. Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay Responses to Early Secretory
Antigenic Target 6, Culture Filtrate Protein 10, and Purified Protein Derivative Among
Children with Tuberculosis: Implications for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Therapy.
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 40(9):1301–8, 2005. Email for reprints:
[email protected]
Nicol MP, et al. Comparison of T-SPOT.TB Assay and Tuberculin Skin Test for the
Evaluation of Young Children at High Risk for Tuberculosis in a Community Setting.
Pediatrics. 123(1):38-43, 2009. Website for Reprints:
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Nsutebu E, et al. Use of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test in the Investigation of
Unexplained Positive Tuberculin Skin Tests. Public Health. 122(1):1284-7, 2008. Email
for reprints: [email protected]
Ohno H, et al. A Contact Investigation of the Transmission of Mycobacterium
Tuberculosis from a Nurse Working in a Newborn Nursery and Maternity Ward. Journal
of Infection and Chemotherapy. 14(1):66–71, 2008. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Okada K, et al. Performance of an Interferon-Gamma Release Assay for Diagnosing
Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children. Epidemiology and Infection. 136(9)1179-87,
2008. Email for reprints: [email protected]
Pai M, et al. Systematic Review: T-Cell-Based Assays for the Diagnosis of Latent
Tuberculosis Infection: An Update. Annals of Internal Medicine. 149(3):177–184, 2008.
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Pai M, Menzies D. Interferon-Gamma Release Assays: What is their Role in the
Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis? Clinical Infectious Diseases. 44(1):74–77, 2007.
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Palazzo R, et al.Use of Whole-Blood Samples in In-House Bulk and Single-Cell AntigenSpecific Gamma Interferon Assays for Surveillance of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
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[email protected]
Paranjothy S, et al. Extensive Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis from 9 Year
Old Child with Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Negative Sputum Smear. British Medical
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Petrucci R, et al. Interferon Gamma, Interferon-Gamma-Induced-Protein 10, and
Tuberculin Responses of Children at High Risk of Tuberculosis Infection. Pediatric
Infectious Disease Journal. 27(12):1073-7, 2008. Email for reprints:
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Powell DA. Interferon Gamma Release Assays in the Evaluation of Children with
Possible Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection: a View to Caution. Pediatric Infectious
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Ruhwald M, et al. Evaluating the Potential of IP-10 and MCP-2 as Biomarkers for the
Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. European Respiratory Journal. 32(6):1607–15, 2008. Email
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Soburg B, et al. Ongoing Tuberculosis Transmission to Children in Greenland. European
Respiratory Journal: the Official Journal of the European Society for clinical
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Soysal A, et al. Evaluation of Cut-off Values of Interferon-Gamma-Based Assays in the
Diagnosis of M. Tuberculosis Infection. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung
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Stefan DC, et al. Interferon-Gamma Release Assays for the Detection of Mycobacterium
Tuberculosis Infection in Children with Cancer. International Journal of Tuberculosis
and Lung Disease: the Official Journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis Screening. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 93(3):200-3, 2008. Email for
reprints: [email protected]
Tsiouris SJ, et al. Results of a Tuberculosis-Specific IFN-Gamma Assay in Children at
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Tsiouris SJ, et al. Sensitivity Analysis and Potential Uses of a Novel Gamma Interferon
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Tsolia MN, et al. Whole Blood Interferon-Gamma Release Assay is a Useful Tool for the
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Diagnosis of Latent Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection in Finland, a Country of Low
Incidence and High Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccination Coverage. Clinical
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Wright CA, et al. Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy: an Undervalued Diagnostic Modality in
Paediatric Mycobacterial Disease. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease: the Official Journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease. 13(12):1467-75, 2009. Email for reprints: [email protected]
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