Tuberculin skin test (TST)

Tubercolosi vertebrale atipica: un caso clinico e revisione della letteratura

Del Bono C, Francavilla R, Ghizzi C

2023/9 — pag. 177-184 — DOI

Background - Rates of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) are higher in paediatric patients, especially in those from endemic areas. Bone TB is mostly located in the spine and in children may cause rapid bone destruction with severe deformity and neurol...

Pensa anche alla tubercolosi

Lepri I, Riva B, Melzi ML.

2022/4 — pag. 255-258 — DOI

The cases of two adolescents with neck lymphadenitis respectively coming from Morocco and Philippines are described. They were eventually diagnosed with tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBL). The clinical features, the risk factors and the diagnostic appro...

Performance del QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test nei bambini

F. Storelli, C. Tersigni, E. Venturini, M. de Martino, L. Galli, E. Chiappini

2020/3 — pag. 188-190

Background - The performance of QuantiFERON-TBGold In-Tube (QTF-IT) in children is under debate, especially under 5 years of age and for the interpretation of discordant results between QFT-IT and Tuberculin-Skin-Test (TST). Materials and Methods - ...

Bronchite batterica protratta Sanguinamento dal capezzolo

2013/5 — pag. 331