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Predictive value of the tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON-tuberculosis Gold In-Tube test for development of active tuberculosis in hemodialysis patients

BACKGROUND: Hemodialysis (HD) patients are at increased risk of reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) compared with the general population. QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-G) for LTBI detection is more promising than tuberculin skin test (TST) in HD patients. AIM: In our study, we evaluated...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ann Thorac Med
Hauptverfasser: Seyhan, Ekrem Cengiz, Gunluoglu, Gulşah, Gunluoglu, Mehmet Zeki, Tural, Seda, Sökücü, Sinem
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4854057/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27168859
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.180023
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