Detecting Latent Tuberculosis Infection Prior to Kidney Transplantation in a Tertiary Hospital in Saudi Arabia: Comparison of the T-SPOT.TB Test and Tuberculin Test
Hoda Abdel Hadi Hassan, Mahmoud Shorman, Abdel Rahman E. l. Housawi & Mohamed Y. Elsammak · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2013
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major worldwide public health problem with over 8.8 million newly diagnosed cases in 2010. Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who are on hemodialysis (HD) have a significantly higher incidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infecti...
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10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2926