Association of Low Sputum Smear Positivity among Tuberculosis Patients with Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Outcomes of Close Contacts in Japan

Risk prediction and response measures may differ in tuberculosis (TB) patients with low sputum smear positivity for acid-fast bacillus (AFB) compared to those who are smear negative. However, previous studies using the tuberculin skin test (TST) did not show that differences in measures are importan...

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Autores principales: Ogata, Tsuyoshi, Nagasu, Natsuki, Uehara, Ritei, Ito, Kunihiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6801707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31581622
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193713

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6801707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31581622
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193713

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