Cold temperatures during sample transportation may cause false-negative interferon-γ release assays used to diagnose TB infection.
Takeda K, Nagai H, Kawashima M, Kosai I, Shimozono M, Sato K, Motomura H, Nakano E, Watanabe M, Kato T, Shimada M, Narumoto O, Suzukawa M, Suzuki J, Yamane K, Sasaki Y, Morio Y, Tamura A, Matsui H.
Takeda K, et al.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2024 Sep 1;28(9):467-469. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.24.0020.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2024.
PMID: 39187996
No abstract available.