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Screening for latent tuberculosis in anti-TNF-α candidate patients in a high tuberculosis incidence setting

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2012

Year

Nathalie Saidenberg-Kermanac’h, Luca Semerano, J.-M. Naccache, M. Brauner, Géraldine Falgarone, Dominique Dumont‐Fischer, Xavier Guillot, Dominique Valeyre, Marie‐Christophe Boissier
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Abstract

Testing with both TST and QFT-GIT seems the safest strategy for detecting LTBI in patients with IRD from populations with high incidence of TB. Systematic screening with CT warrants further evaluation.