Comparison of the tuberculin skin test and Quanti-FERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-G) test for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in dialysis patients

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 166-172

  Al Jahdali, Hamdan ^a   Ahmed, Anwar E ^a   Balkhy, Hanan H ^a   Baharoon, Salim ^a   Al Hejaili, Fayez F ^a   Hajeer, Ali ^a   Memish, Ziad ^a   Binsalih, Salih ^a   Al Sayyari, Abdullah A ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Dialysis; Hemodialysis; Latent tuberculosis infection; QTF G test; Tuberculin skin test (TST); Tuberculosis (TB)

Indexed keywords

CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; GAMMA INTERFERON; MITOGENIC AGENT; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTI FERON TB GOLD IN TUBE TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULIN TEST;

AGED; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 84877655125     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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