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Diagnosis of tuberculosis infection by tuberculin skin test and a whole-blood interferon-γ release assay in patients considered for anti–tumor necrosis factor-α therapy

✍ Scribed by Susana Casas; Ana Andreu; Xavier Juanola; Xavier Bordas; Fernando Alcaide; Raquel Moure; Luis Anibarro; Eva Cuchí; Maria Esteve; Vera Ortiz; Maria Rosario Guerra; Jesus Rodríguez; Delia Reina; Georgina Salvador; Jordi Guardiola; Xavier Surís; Maria Angeles Pascual; Carmina Martí; Xavier Martínez-Lacasa; Jordi Cuquet; Lucia Gonzalez; Miguel Santin

Book ID: 116409106
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 623 KB
Volume: 71
Category: Article
ISSN: 0732-8893
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.12.020

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## Abstract ## Objective To investigate QuantiFERON‐tuberculosis Gold (QFT‐G) assay and tuberculin skin test (TST) for latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with adalimumab. ## Methods We prospectively followed up 43 RA patients who received