Tuberculin skin test results and the booster phenomenon in two-step tuberculin skin testing in hemodialysis patients

Patients with chronic renal failure are at increased risk for tuberculosis (TB). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have recommended annual skin testing for TB, with tuberculin-purified protein derivative (PPD), in patients with chronic renal failure. Uremia alters the macrophage funct...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Renal failure 2005-01, Vol.27 (4), p.425-428
Hauptverfasser:	DOGAN, Ekrem, ERKOC, Reha, SAYARLIOGLU, Hayriye, UZUN, Kursat
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Distribution Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Emergency and intensive care: renal failure. Dialysis management Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Immunization, Secondary Immunocompromised Host Incidence Intensive care medicine Kidney Failure, Chronic - diagnosis Kidney Failure, Chronic - epidemiology Kidney Failure, Chronic - immunology Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy Male Mass Screening - methods Medical sciences Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases Prospective Studies Renal Dialysis - adverse effects Renal Dialysis - methods Risk Assessment Severity of Illness Index Sex Distribution Tuberculin Tuberculin Test Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - immunology Turkey - epidemiology
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