QuantiFERON conversion following tuberculin administration is common in HIV infection and relates to baseline response

BACKGROUND: HIV-1 infection impairs tuberculosis (TB) specific immune responses affecting the diagnosis of latent TB. We aimed to (1) determine the proportion of HIV-1-infected adults with a negative QuantiFERON®-TB Gold in-tube (QFT-GIT) and Tuberculin skin testing (TST) that convert to QFT-GIT pos...

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Autores principales: Esmail, Hanif, Thienemann, Friedrich, Oni, Tolu, Goliath, Rene, Wilkinson, Katalin A., Wilkinson, Robert J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5055657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27717329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1875-6

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