Diagnosis of occult tuberculosis in hematological malignancy by enumeration of antigen-specific T cells

Leukemia. 2006 Feb;20(2):379-81. doi: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404053.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antigens, Bacterial / immunology
  • Bacterial Proteins / immunology
  • Cell Count
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Hairy Cell / complications*
  • Leukemia, Hairy Cell / diagnosis*
  • Leukemia, Hairy Cell / microbiology
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / immunology
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • Tuberculin Test
  • Tuberculosis / blood
  • Tuberculosis / complications*
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • CFP-10 protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • ESAT-6 protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis