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Tuberculin Skin Test Result and Risk of Death among Persons with Active TB
BACKGROUND: Although the tuberculin skin test (TST) is frequently used to aid in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) disease and to identify persons with latent TB infection, it is an imperfect test and approximately 10–25% of persons with microbiologically confirmed TB disease have a negative TST. P...
Autores principales: | Auld, Sara C., Click, Eleanor S., Heilig, Charles M., Miramontes, Roque, Cain, Kevin P., Bisson, Gregory P., Kenzie, William R. Mac. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3823982/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24244358 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078779 |
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