Testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection using the QuantiFERON-TB GOLD assay in patients with comorbid conditions in a tertiary care endemic setting

INTRODUCTION: There were 10 million new cases of tuberculosis (TB) in 2017. To eliminate TB, it is necessary to diagnose active TB and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Diagnosis of paucibacillary disease and in extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) remains challenging; low mycobacterial load can be missed b...

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Autores principales: Masood, Kiran Iqbal, Jamil, Bushra, Akber, Alnoor, Hassan, Maheen, Islam, Muniba, Hasan, Zahra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7031926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32099659
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40794-020-0102-z

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