Latent tuberculosis infection, tuberculin skin test and vitamin D status in contacts of tuberculosis patients: a cross-sectional and case-control study

BACKGROUND: Deficient serum vitamin D levels have been associated with incidence of tuberculosis (TB), and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). However, to our knowledge, no studies on vitamin D status and tuberculin skin test (TST) conversion have been published to date. The aim of this study was...

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Autores principales: Arnedo-Pena, Alberto, Juan-Cerdán, José Vicente, Romeu-Garcia, Angeles, Garcia-Ferrer, Daniel, Holguín-Gómez, Rita, Iborra-Millet, Jesús, Herrero-Carot, Concepción, Piñana, María Jesús Sanchis, Bellido-Blasco, Juan, Ferrero-Vega, José Antonio, Adsuara, Lourdes Safont, Silvestre, Esther Silvestre, Ferrer, Noemi Meseguer, Bartual, Vicenta Rodrigo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3292546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22171844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-349

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3292546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22171844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-349

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