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Interferon-γ Release Assays for Diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Renal Dialysis Patients

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2008

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Kevin Winthrop, Melissa Nyendak, Helene Calvet, Peter Oh, Melanie Lo, Gwendolyn Swarbrick, Carol Johnson, David Lewinsohn, Gerald H. Mazurek
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Abstract

Positive IFN-gamma assay results were more closely associated with recent TB exposure than were positive TST results. QFT-G and ELISPOT might offer a better method for detecting TB infection in ESRD patients.

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