Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Patients with Autoimmune Diseases Before Initiating TNF-α Inhibitors Therapy

INTRODUCTION: QFT-GIT is more sensitive than TST in patients under immunosuppressive therapy, but TST detects more cases of LTBI. TST remains an inexpensive test worldwide, which does not need laboratory equipment. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Overall, 457 patients having autoimmune diseases were referred....

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Autores principales: Perifanou, Dimitra, Zoe, Daniil, Petinaki, Efthimia, Konstantinou, Konstantinos, Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6234652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30429686
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2018.30.32-37

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6234652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30429686
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2018.30.32-37

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