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1871. Lessons Learned from IGRA Test Practices in a Tertiary Hospital

BACKGROUND: Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) is frequently ordered in hospitalized patients for latent tuberculosis (TB) screening. Health care workers must be cautioned that acute and critical illness exert a significant effect on IGRA performance, so delaying screening to the outpatient setti...

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Autores principales: Daas, Farah, Ruiz-Gaviria, Rafael, Thummar, Bhakti, Khan, Naveera, Ramdeen, Sheena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10678203/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1699