Scientific article
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Risk assessment of tuberculosis in immunocompromised patients. A TBNET study

Published inAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, vol. 190, no. 10, p. 1168-1176
Publication date2014
Abstract

In the absence of active tuberculosis, a positive tuberculin skin test (TST) or interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) result defines latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, although test results may vary depending on immunodeficiency.

Keywords
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid/immunology
  • Cohort Studies
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • HIV Infections/immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Interferon-gamma Release Tests
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic/immunology
  • Latent Tuberculosis/diagnosis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Organ Transplantation
  • Risk Assessment
  • Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Tuberculin Test
Citation (ISO format)
SESTER, Martina et al. Risk assessment of tuberculosis in immunocompromised patients. A TBNET study. In: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2014, vol. 190, n° 10, p. 1168–1176. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201405-0967OC
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