Agreement Between QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube and Tuberculin Skin Tests in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Candidates

Agreement Between QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube and Tuberculin Skin Tests in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Candidates

Introduction: Malignancies are among the most important risk factors for progression of latent tuberculosis (TB) to active disease. The tuberculin skin test (TST) has been used worldwide for the diagnosis of latent TB. New T-cell-based interferon-gamma release assays such as QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-T...

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Main Authors: Gülşen İSKENDER, Göknur YAPAR TOROS, Sabahat ÇEKEN, Figen SEZEN, Habip GEDİK, Mehmet Sinan DAL, Mustafa ERTEK
Format: Article
Language:Turkish
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2019-12-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials
Subjects:
preventive medicine
purified protein derivative test
prophylaxis
correlation analysis
mycobacterium tuberculosis
Online Access:http://mjima.org/text.php?&id=176

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