Concordance of the tuberculin skin test and T-SPOT®.TB test results in kidney transplant candidates

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2014, Pages

  Sherkat, Roya ^a   Yaran, Majid ^b   Shoaie, Parisa ^c   Mortazavi, Mojgan ^d   Shahidi, Shahrzad ^d   Hamidi, Hossein ^d   Seirafian, Shiva ^d   Taheri, Shahram ^d   Farajzadegan, Ziba ^b   Rostami, Soodabeh ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Kidney transplant; Latent tuberculosis; T SPOT .TB test; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84900329884     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: 17357136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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