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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...
Autores principales: | Foster, Rukhsana, Ferguson, Thomas W., Rigatto, Claudio, Lerner, Blake, Tangri, Navdeep, Komenda, Paul |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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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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