Screening for TB in Hospitalised Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease before Anti-TNF Therapy: Is QuantiFERON(®) Gold Testing Useful?

Background—Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and in immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Patients should be tested for latent tuberculosis infection using interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA/QF) prior to anti-TNFα...

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Autores principales: Lovatt, Jessica, Gascoyne-Binzi, Deborah, Hussey, Thomas, Garside, Maya, McGill, Fiona, Selinger, Christian P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8122329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33919426
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10091816

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8122329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33919426
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10091816

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