High Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Patients in End-Stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis: Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB GOLD, ELISPOT, and Tuberculin Skin Test

Background: Individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are 10- to 25-fold more likely than immunocompetent people to develop active tuberculosis (TB) and are candidates for being treated for latent TB infection (LTBI). However, diagnosis using the tuberculin skin test (TST) is doubly difficult...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Infection 2009-04, Vol.37 (2), p.96-102
Hauptverfasser:	Lee, S. S. J, Chou, K. J, Su, I.J, Chen, Y. S, Fang, H. C, Huang, T. S, Tsai, H. C, Wann, S. R, Lin, H. H, Liu, Y. C
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Biological and medical sciences Chi-Square Distribution Clinical and Epidemiological Study Cohort Studies Family Medicine Female General Practice Gold Humans Immunoenzyme Techniques Infectious Diseases Interferon-gamma - blood Internal Medicine Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications Logistic Models Male Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Miscellaneous Mycobacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis Prospective Studies Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Recurrence Renal Dialysis Risk factors Tuberculin Test Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - complications Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - microbiology
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