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Tuberculin skin test for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis during renal replacement therapy in an endemic area: A single center study
Patients on renal replacement therapy (RRT) are at-risk for developing tuberculosis (TB). There is limited information on tuberculin skin test (TST) and its predictability for development of TB. In this prospective cohort study, patients taken for RRT were included. Patients with active TB were excl...
Autores principales: | Agarwal, S. K., Gupta, S., Bhowmik, D., Mahajan, S. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2966978/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21072152 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.70842 |
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