Detecting latent tuberculosis infection in hemodialysis patients: A head-to-head comparison of the T-SPOT.TB test, tuberculin skin test, and an expert physician panel

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-73

  Passalent, Laura ^a   Khan, Kamran ^b   Richardson, Robert ^a   Wang, Jun ^b   Dedier, Helen ^a   Gardam, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 34249002236     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.01280406     Document Type: Article

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