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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...
Autores principales: | Agarwal, Sanjay K., Singh, Urvashi B., Zaidi, Sabahat H., Gupta, Sanjay, Pandey, Ravinder M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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