Limitations of current tuberculosis screening tests in immunosuppressed patients
| Autor: | Vanessa Clifford, Marc Tebruegge, Nigel Curtis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Biological Products Latent tuberculosis business.industry Tuberculin General Medicine Skin test Tuberculosis screening bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease Dermatology Interferon γ Latent Tuberculosis Immunology medicine Humans In patient business Immunosuppressive Agents |
| Zdroj: | BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 350 |
| ISSN: | 1756-1833 |
| Popis: | We agree that a combination of an interferon γ release assay (IGRA; QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-Tube (QFT-IT) or TSPOT. TB ) and a tuberculin skin test is the most sensitive approach to screening for latent tuberculosis infection in patients with rheumatological diseases before starting biological drugs.1 The authors note that skin tests can be false-negative in patients receiving corticosteroids. However, IGRAs, which are designed primarily to achieve high … |
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