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Tuberculin Skin Test Overestimates Tuberculosis Hypersensitivity in Adult Patients with Psoriasis

DOI

48

Citations

30

References

2009

Year

Georgia Tsiouri, Georgios Gaitanis, Despoina Kiorpelidou, Antreas Dionysiou, Aris Efthymiou, George Daskalopoulos, Stavros H. Constantopoulos, Ioannis D. Bassukas
Dermatology

Abstract

Overt psoriasis is associated with increased TST measurements. This observation is suggestive of a possible overtreatment of these patients for LTBI.

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