Comparison of interferon gamma release assay & tuberculin skin tests for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in patients on maintenance haemodialysis

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Tuberculosis (TB) is a common infection in patients on haemodialysis. There is a definite role of treatment of latent TB (LTB) in these patients. However, diagnosis of LTB in these patients by tuberculin skin test (TST) is unreliable. There is suggestion that interferon...

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Autores principales: Agarwal, Sanjay K., Singh, Urvashi B., Zaidi, Sabahat H., Gupta, Sanjay, Pandey, Ravinder M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4510727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26112848
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5916.159297

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4510727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26112848
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5916.159297

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