Poor agreement between QuantiFERON-TB Gold test and tuberculin skin test results for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in rheumatoid arthritis patients and healthy controls

BACKGROUND/AIMS: We investigated the agreement between the QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-Gold) test and the tuberculin skin test (TST) in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), compared with healthy controls, in Korea. METHODS: We recruited 64 patients...

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Autores principales: Lee, Joo-Hyun, Sohn, Hae Sook, Chun, Jin Ho, Kim, Hyoun-Ah, Suh, Chang Hee, Lee, Yun Woo, Yoon, Bo Young
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3932398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24574836
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2014.29.1.76

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