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Correlation between tuberculin skin test and IGRAs with risk factors for the spread of infection in close contacts with sputum smear positive in pulmonary tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to assess the correlation between the tuberculin skin test (TST) and in vitro interferon-gamma released assays (IGRAs) with risk factors for the spread of infection in smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) contacts. METHODS: We recruited prospective contacts...

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Autores principales: de Souza-Galvão, Maria Luiza, Latorre, Irene, Altet-Gómez, Neus, Jiménez-Fuentes, María Ángeles, Milà, Celia, Solsona, Jordi, Seminario, Maria Asunción, Cantos, Adela, Ruiz-Manzano, Juan, Domínguez, José
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4030278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-258