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Latent tuberculosis screening before kidney transplantation in the South of Brazil

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is a prevalent infection after kidney transplantation (KT) in high-burden countries. Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening includes previous TB history, chest radiograph findings, and tuberculin test (TST) and/or interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) results....

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Autores principales: Meinerz, Gisele, da Silva, Cynthia Keitel, Dorsdt, Damaris Mikaela Balin, Adames, Julia Bertoni, Andrade, Julio Pasquali, Ventura, Pedro Enrico, Monteiro, Alexandre de Almeida, Pasqualotto, Alessandro Comarú, Garcia, Valter Duro, Keitel, Elizete
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8940112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33999988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2020-0189