Evaluation of the performance of tuberculin skin test and Quantiferon-TB gold in tube test in patients with hematologic malignancies

Infect Dis (Lond). 2017 Jul;49(7):545-548. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2017.1280619. Epub 2017 Jan 25.

Authors

Panagiotis T Diamantopoulos¹, Gerasimos D Tsilimidos¹, Konstantinos Zervakis¹, Katerina Polonyfi¹, Maria Sofotasiou¹, Marie-Christine Kyrtsonis¹, Athanasios Aessopos¹, Georgios Kyriakakis¹, Nora A Viniou¹

Affiliation

¹ a First Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit , Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Greece.

PMID: 28121214
DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2017.1280619

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

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Female
Hematologic Neoplasms / complications*
Hematologic Neoplasms / microbiology
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Interferon-gamma Release Tests*
Male
Radiography, Thoracic
Tuberculin Test*
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging