In-hospital blood collection increases the rate of indeterminate results in interferon-gamma release assays

BACKGROUND: The interferon (IFN)-γ release assay (IGRA) has recently been established as a method to evaluate the infection status of tuberculosis instead of the tuberculin skin test. However, indeterminate results can create challenges to interpretation. The IGRA has been available in Japan since 2...

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Autores principales: Osakabe, Yuki, Yamaguchi, Fumihiro, Suzuki, Ayako, Kitano, Haruka, Hiraiwa, Mina, Shiratori, Yo, Onozaki, Shota, Nakamoto, Mari, Kawamura, Saori, Kosuge, Miku, Atarashi, Kenji, Cho, Hidekazu, Shimizu, Shohei, Fujishima, Akira, Shikama, Yusuke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8848041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35156429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17534666221077817

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