Tuberculin skin test and ELISPOT/T. SPOT.TB in children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

BACKGROUND: There are controversies regarding the accuracy of the tuberculin skin test (TST) and methods based on the production of interferon gamma by sensitized T cells for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in pediatrics and immunosuppressed patients. Our objectives are to stud...

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Main Authors: Sztajnbok, Flavio, Boechat, Neio L F, Ribeiro, Samantha B, Oliveira, Sheila K F, Sztajnbok, Denise C N, Sant’Anna, Clemax C
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4046629/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24904240
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-12-17
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