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Tuberculosis and Leprosy Co-Infection: A Perspective on Diagnosis and Treatment

BACKGROUND: The Marshall Islands are known to be endemic for both leprosy and tuberculosis (TB). Active TB needs to be ruled out in all cases of leprosy, as treatment will lead to rifampin monotherapy of undiagnosed TB co-infection. The use of protein based interferon gamma release assays (IGRAS) to...

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Autores principales: Kilpatrick, Dustin, Sampath, Rahul, Jones, Allison, Movaghar, Sarah, Kelly, Rachel, Costic, Donald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631343/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1791

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