Poor agreement between interferon-gamma release assays and the tuberculin skin test among HIV-infected individuals in the country of Georgia

BACKGROUND: Improved tests to diagnose latent TB infection (LTBI) are needed. We sought to evaluate the performance of two commercially available interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) compared to the tuberculin skin test (TST) for the diagnosis of LTBI and to identify risk factors for LTBI among H...

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Autores principales: Chkhartishvili, Nikoloz, Kempker, Russell R, Dvali, Natia, Abashidze, Lela, Sharavdze, Lali, Gabunia, Pati, Blumberg, Henry M, del Rio, Carlos, Tsertsvadze, Tengiz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3817813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24176032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-513

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3817813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24176032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-513

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