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Comparative analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigens and T-cell mitogen-stimulated interferon gamma production in hemodialysis patients and healthy individuals
2020-08-05
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background The incidence of Tuberculosis (TB) is higher in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis than in the general population; further, both the incidence and development of active TB from latent TB infection (LTBI) are considerably higher in patients undergoing hemodialysis than in any other group. The QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) assay is one of the most commonly used i...
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- cff96e8b-bd89-5104-980f-3a439911d83e
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-40897/v2
