Diagnostic performance of serum interferon gamma, matrix metalloproteinases, and periostin measurements for pulmonary tuberculosis in Japanese patients with pneumonia

• Momoko Yamauchi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

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• Takeshi Kinjo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: t_kinjo@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0262-0401

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• Gretchen Parrott,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

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• Kazuya Miyagi,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

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• Shusaku Haranaga,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, Center for General Clinical Training and Education, University of the Ryukyus Hospital, Okinawa, Japan

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• Yuko Nakayama,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okinawa Hospital, Okinawa, Japan

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• Kenji Chibana,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okinawa Hospital, Okinawa, Japan

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• Kaori Fujita,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okinawa Hospital, Okinawa, Japan

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• Atsushi Nakamoto,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okinawa Hospital, Okinawa, Japan

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• Futoshi Higa,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okinawa Hospital, Okinawa, Japan

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• Isoko Owan,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okinawa Hospital, Okinawa, Japan

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• Koji Yonemoto,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, Division of Biostatistics, Advanced Medical Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

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• Jiro Fujita

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

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