Comparison of Interferon Gamma Release Assay and Tuberculin Skin Test for Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis in Psoriasis Patients Planned for Systemic Therapy

BACKGROUND: Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is a common yet difficult problem to diagnose in tuberculosis endemic countries. Both tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) are used for the diagnosis of LTBI. AIMS: The aim of the study is to compare TST and IGRA in pat...

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Autores principales: Neema, Shekhar, Sandhu, Sunmeet, Mukherjee, Sweta, Vashisht, Deepak, Vendhan, Senkadir, Sinha, Anwita, Vasudevan, Biju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9154176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35656280
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijd.ijd_681_21

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9154176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35656280
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijd.ijd_681_21

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