A retrospective review of the two-step tuberculin skin test in dialysis patients

BACKGROUND: Reactivation of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is a health concern for patients on dialysis or receiving a kidney transplant, as these patients are often immunosuppressed. The most frequently used test for LTBI screening in this population is the tuberculin skin test...

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Autores principales: Foster, Rukhsana, Ferguson, Thomas W., Rigatto, Claudio, Lerner, Blake, Tangri, Navdeep, Komenda, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4895873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27274397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40697-016-0119-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4895873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27274397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40697-016-0119-4

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