Comparison of the QuantiFERON-TB and tuberculin skin test for detection of latent tuberculosis infection in cancer patients in a developing country

Cancer patients have an increased risk of reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection. It is unknown which strategy on screening should be used in this population in developing countries. We aimed to determine the concordance between the tuberculin skin test (TST) and QuantiFERON(®)-TB (QFT) assay...

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Publicado no:ERJ Open Res
Main Authors: Galindo, Javier Leonardo, Galeano, Adriana Catalina, Suarez-Zamora, David Alfonso, Callejas, Ana Milena, Caicedo-Verástegui, Mónica Patricia, Londoño, Darío, García-Herreros, Luis Gerardo, Ospina-Serrano, Aylen Vanessa, Saavedra, Alfredo, Garcíaherreros, Plutarco, Palacios, Diana María, Baldión, Margarita
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: European Respiratory Society 2019
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6791967/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31637254
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00258-2018
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