Impact of diabetes mellitus on indeterminate results of the QuantiFERON TB Gold In-Tube test: A propensity score matching analysis

The sensitivity of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) in the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection could be affected by conditions of immune dysregulation. For this reason, diabetes mellitus (DM) may increase the frequency of indeterminate results of IGRAs. However, there have been...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2017-07, Vol.12 (7), p.e0181887-e0181887
Hauptverfasser:	Shin, Hong-Joon, Kim, Tae-Ok, Oh, Hyung-Joo, Park, Ha-Young, Chang, Jin-Sun, Ahn, Seong, Kim, Yu-Il, Lim, Sung-Chul, Kwon, Yong-Soo
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Albumin Analysis Antigens Assaying Biology and Life Sciences C-reactive protein C-Reactive Protein - metabolism Complications and side effects Confidence intervals Corticosteroids Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus - metabolism Diabetes Mellitus - pathology Diagnosis Dosage and administration Female Health aspects HIV Hospitals, University Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Incidence Infections Interferon Interferon-gamma - metabolism Interferon-gamma Release Tests - methods Internal medicine Laboratories Lymphopenia Male Matching Medical diagnosis Medical schools Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Mycobacterium tuberculosis - pathogenicity Patients Propensity Score Proteins Retrospective Studies Sensitivity analysis Serum albumin Tuberculin Test - methods Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - metabolism
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