Utility of quantiferon-TB assay for prediction of tuberculosis development in kidney transplant patients in an intermediate-tuberculosis-burden country: Lack of evidence for enhanced prediction for short-term tuberculosis development

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 583-587

  Jeong, J C ^a,b   Koo, T Y ^a,b   Jeon, H J ^b   Park, H C ^b   Ryu, H J ^b   Lee, J P ^c   Min, S I ^b   Hwang, Y H ^d   Ha, J ^a,b   Ahn, C ^a,b   Yang, J ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Eulji General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS TEST KIT; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTIFERON TB GOLD IN TUBE TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84896465712     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.11.108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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