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Negative effect of smoking on the performance of the QuantiFERON TB gold in tube test
BACKGROUND: False negative and indeterminate Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) results are a well documented problem. Cigarette smoking is known to increase the risk of tuberculosis (TB) and to impair Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) responses to antigenic challenge, but the impact of smoking on IGRA pe...
Autores principales: | Aabye, Martine G, Hermansen, Thomas Stig, Ruhwald, Morten, PrayGod, George, Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel, Jeremiah, Kidola, Faurholt-Jepsen, Maria, Range, Nyagosya, Friis, Henrik, Changalucha, John, Andersen, Aase B, Ravn, Pernille |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3546031/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23270417 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-379 |
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