Early diagnosis of miliary tuberculosis in a hemodialysis patient by combining two interferon-γ-release assays: a case report

Abstract Background Patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing chronic hemodialysis (HD) are at high risk to develop tuberculosis (TB) associated with a high mortality rate. TB diagnosis is often delayed due to non-specific symptoms, frequent extra-pulmonary manifestations, and rare microbiolo...

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Autors principals:	Florence Bonkain, Dieter De Clerck, Violette Dirix, Mahavir Singh, Camille Locht, Françoise Mascart, Véronique Corbière
Format:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicat:	BMC 2020-06-01
Col·lecció:	BMC Nephrology
Matèries:	Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection Diagnosis Interferon-gamma release assay Hemodialysis
Accés en línia:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-020-01875-w
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