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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

Hamdan Al Jahdali, Anwar Ahmed, Hanan H. Balkhy, Salim Baharoon, Fayez Hejaili, Ali H. Hajeer, Ziad A. Memish, Salih Binsalih, Abdulla Al Sayyari

Journal of Infection and Public Health · 2013 · 20 citations · 15 references

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Tuberculosis infection and anergy in hemodialysis patients

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Tuberculin and Anergy Skin Testing of Patients Receiving Long-term Hemodialysis

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Detecting Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Hemodialysis Patients

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Tuberculin skin testing underestimates a high prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in hemodialysis patients

Martina Sester, Urban Sester, Peter Clauer et al. · Kidney International · 2004 · 108 citations · Full text

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