| Literature DB >> 27431433 |
Elisa Petruccioli1, Assunta Navarra2, Linda Petrone1, Valentina Vanini1, Gilda Cuzzi1, Gina Gualano3, Fabrizio Palmieri3, Enrico Girardi2, Delia Goletti4.
Abstract
Blood-based biomarkers tests are attractive alternative for diagnosing tuberculosis to assays depending on mycobacteria detection. Given several immunological markers we used logistic regression to model the probability of active tuberculosis in a cohort of patients with active or latent tuberculosis, showing an increased accuracy in distinguishing active from latent tuberculosis.Entities:
Keywords: Biomarkers; CD27; Diagnosis; Latent infection; Phenotype; Tuberculosis
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27431433 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.06.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN: 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803