Performance of the tuberculin skin test and interferon-γ release assay for detection of tuberculosis infection in immunocompromised patients in a BCG-vaccinated population

BACKGROUND: Interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) may improve diagnostic accuracy for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). This study compared the performance of the tuberculin skin test (TST) with that of IGRA for the diagnosis of LTBI in immunocompromised patients in an intermediate TB burden country...

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Autores principales: Kim, Eun Young, Lim, Ju Eun, Jung, Ji Ye, Son, Ji Young, Lee, Kyung Jong, Yoon, Yoe Wun, Park, Byung Hoon, Moon, Jin Wook, Park, Moo Suk, Kim, Young Sam, Kim, Se Kyu, Chang, Joon, Kang, Young Ae
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2801508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20003535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-207

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2801508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20003535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-207

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