Smoking is a Factor in Discordance Between QuantiFERONTB Gold Assay and Tuberculosis Etiology: Especially in Older Patients

PURPOSE: Exploring whether smoking is an influencing factor for the inconsistency between QuantiFERONTB Gold assay (QFT-GIT) and tuberculosis etiology. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The clinical data of patients who were confirmed positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) after undergoing QFT-GIT testin...

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Autores principales: Liu, Libin, Wu, Guihua, Wang, Jing, Peng, Lijun, Xu, Xiaoqun, Cai, Long
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2023
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10241176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37283941
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S412473

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10241176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37283941
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S412473

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