Screening for Latent Tuberculosis in Children With Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases Treated With Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy: Comparison of Tuberculin Skin and T-SPOT Tuberculosis Tests

GİRİT S., Atabek A. A., Senol E., Kockar Kizilirmak T., PEKCAN S., Goktas S., ...Daha Fazla

ARCHIVES OF RHEUMATOLOGY, cilt.35, sa.1, ss.20-28, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5606/archrheumatol.2020.7294
  • Dergi Adı: ARCHIVES OF RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.20-28
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Objectives: This study aims to analyze the coherence between T-SPOT tuberculosis test (T-SPOT.TB) and tuberculin skin test (TST) with different cut-off values in screening latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) both prior to and at the sixth month of anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) treatment.