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Chest roentgenography is complementary to interferon-gamma release assay in latent tuberculosis infection screening of rheumatic patients

BACKGROUND: A study of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) burden by chest roentgenography (CXR) with reference to interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) is still lacking in rheumatic patients of an intermediate tuberculosis burden area. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed clinical data of patients...

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Autores principales: Wang, Ping-Huai, Lin, Chou-Han, Chang, Ting-Hui, Wu, Chien-Sheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7461250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32867745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-020-01274-9