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Factors associated with indeterminable results of interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) in routine screening for latent tuberculosis (LTB) in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)
DOI 10.1055/s-0030-1254634
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Autor:innenP Papay, A Eser, C Primas, S Frantal, S Winkler, G Novacek, H Vogelsang, W Reinisch
ZeitschriftZeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
Ausgabe05/2010
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Introduction: Screening for LTB including tuberculin skin test (TST), chest X-ray and facultatively, a whole blood interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) is mandatory in patients with IBD before starting therapy with Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) alpha inhibitors. However, being the more specific test method, IGRA might be limited in subjects under IM therapy due to a substantial number of indeterminable results. Aims…
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P Papay, A Eser, C Primas, S Frantal, S Winkler, G Novacek, H Vogelsang, W Reinisch (2010) Factors associated with indeterminable results of interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) in routine screening for latent tuberculosis (LTB) in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie (05). https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0030-1254634
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