This work was supported by Grants from the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(81271893);the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(LY12H19002);Zhejiang Provincial Program for the Cultivation of High-level Innovative Health Talents,the Scientific Research Foundation of the Education Department of Zhejiang Province(Y201534356);the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Medical College(2014B01);Visiting Engineer Program of the Education Department of Zhejiang Province(FG2014011).
Background:Quick diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis(TB)and extra-pulmonary TB are urgently needed in clinical diagnosis.Our research aims to investigate the usefulness of the interferon-γrelease assay...