Prevalence of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in renal transplant recipients

Prevalence of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in renal transplant recipients

ABSTRACT Objective: To estimate the prevalence of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in renal transplant recipients and to assess sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical associations with positive tuberculin skin test (TST) results. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of p...

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Main Authors:	Mônica Maria Moreira Delgado Maciel, Maria das Graças Ceccato, Wânia da Silva Carvalho, Pedro Daibert de Navarro, Kátia de Paula Farah, Silvana Spindola de Miranda
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
Series:	Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Subjects:	Tuberculosis Tuberculin test Immunocompromised host
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132018000600461&lng=en&tlng=en

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