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Heparin-Binding Haemagglutinin, a New Tool for the Detection of Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Hemodialysis Patients

BACKGROUND: Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (LTBI) are at higher risk to develop tuberculosis (TB) than healthy subjects. Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) were reported to be more sensitive than tuberculin skin tests for the d...

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Autores principales: Dessein, Rodrigue, Corbière, Véronique, Nortier, Joëlle, Dratwa, Max, Gastaldello, Karine, Pozdzik, Agnieszka, Lecher, Sophie, Grandbastien, Bruno, Locht, Camille, Mascart, Françoise
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3733734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23940693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071088