Performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold test compared to tuberculin skin test in detecting latent tuberculosis infection in HIV- positive individuals in Iran

BACKGROUND: There is limited data about the performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-G) test in detecting latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in our region. We intended to determine the performance of QFT-G compared to conventional tuberculin skin test (TST) in detecting LTBI in HIV-positive individ...

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Autores principales: Mardani, Masoud, Tabarsi, Payam, Mohammadtaheri, Zohre, Chitsaz, Ehsan, Farokhzad, Banafsheh, Hadavand, Fatemeh, Gachkar, Latif, Nemati, Kambiz, Masjedi, Mohammad R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20351960
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.58959

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20351960
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.58959

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