Comparison of the QuantiFERON-TB and tuberculin skin test for detection of latent tuberculosis infection in cancer patients in a developing country

Cancer patients have an increased risk of reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection. It is unknown which strategy on screening should be used in this population in developing countries. We aimed to determine the concordance between the tuberculin skin test (TST) and QuantiFERON(®)-TB (QFT) assay...

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Autores principales: Galindo, Javier Leonardo, Galeano, Adriana Catalina, Suarez-Zamora, David Alfonso, Callejas, Ana Milena, Caicedo-Verástegui, Mónica Patricia, Londoño, Darío, García-Herreros, Luis Gerardo, Ospina-Serrano, Aylen Vanessa, Saavedra, Alfredo, Garcíaherreros, Plutarco, Palacios, Diana María, Baldión, Margarita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6791967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31637254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00258-2018

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