METHOD FOR ENHANCED DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing tuberculosis which is capable of diagnosing active pulmonary tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis as well as active pulmonary tuberculosis using blood. The method comprises stimulating tuberculosis-specific antigen and tuberculosis nonspecific antigen using a small amount of blood, It is possible to provide an initial diagnosis of tuberculosis, that is, a diagnosis of tuberculosis that can diagnose latent tuberculosis, by calculating the ratio of the response of IP-10 secreted by tuberculosis-specific stimulus to the response by nonspecific stimulation.