Comparison between the diagnostic validities of Xpert MTB/RIF and interferon-γ release assays for tuberculous pericarditis using pericardial tissue

Guocan Yu; Bo Ye; Da Chen; Fangming Zhong; Gang Chen; Jun Yang; Liliang Xu; Xudong Xu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0188704

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Comparison between the diagnostic validities of Xpert MTB/RIF and interferon-γ release assays for tuberculous pericarditis using pericardial tissue

Guocan Yu,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Bo Ye ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bo Ye, Da Chen

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Da Chen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bo Ye, Da Chen

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Fangming Zhong,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Gang Chen,

Roles Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Jun Yang ,

Roles Investigation, Visualization

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Liliang Xu ,

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Xudong Xu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: xuxudong234@163.com

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0234-1565

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Comparison between the diagnostic validities of Xpert MTB/RIF and interferon-γ release assays for tuberculous pericarditis using pericardial tissue

Guocan Yu,
Bo Ye,
Da Chen,
Fangming Zhong,
Gang Chen,
Jun Yang,
Liliang Xu,
Xudong Xu

Published: December 6, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188704

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