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Dual latent tuberculosis screening with tuberculin skin tests and QuantiFERON-TB assays before TNF-α inhibitor initiation in children in Spain

Joan Calzada‐Hernández, Jordi Antón, Javier Martín de Carpi, Berta López‐Montesinos, Inmaculada Calvo, Ester Donat, Esmeralda Núñez Cuadros, Javier Blasco Alonso, María José Mellado, Fernando Baquero‐Artigao,

European Journal of Pediatrics · 2022 · 22 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

• A dual screening strategy, using TST and an IGRA assay, identified more children with latent tuberculosis than either of the tests alone. • Identification and treatment of latent tuberculosis before initiation of anti-TNF-α therapy averted incident tuberculosis cases.

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