Tuberculin and anergy skin testing of patients receiving long-term hemodialysis

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-27

  Smirnoff, Meg ^a   Patt, Cary ^c   Seckler, Benjamin ^d   Adler, Jack J ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anergy; Chronic renal failure; Hemodialysis; Tuberculin testing; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLONAL ANERGY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031963017     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.1.25     Document Type: Article

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