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Tuberculin skin testing in inflammatory bowel disease patients from an endemic area of Brazil

OBJECTIVE: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic disorder involving the gastrointestinal tract. Immunosuppressive drugs are usually prescribed to treat IBD patients, and this treatment can lead to tuberculosis reactivation. This paper aimed to analyze tuberculin skin test (TST) results in IB...

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Autores principales: Cardoso, Ingrid Puig, de Almeida, Neogelia Pereira, Gotardo, Daniela Rosa, Cardeal, Mauricio, Santana, Genoile Oliveira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9425264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24055308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2013.05.008