Improved efficiency in detecting cellular immunity towards M. tuberculosis in patients receiving immunosuppressive drug therapy | Zendy

Urban Sester | Zendy; H. Junker | Zendy; T Hodapp | Zendy; A. Schütz | Zendy; Benjamin Thiele | Zendy; Andreas Meyerhans | Zendy; Hans Köhler | Zendy; Martina Sester | Zendy

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Improved efficiency in detecting cellular immunity towards M. tuberculosis in patients receiving immunosuppressive drug therapy

Author(s) -

Urban Sester,

H. Junker,

T Hodapp,

A. Schütz,

Benjamin Thiele,

Andreas Meyerhans,

Hans Köhler,

Martina Sester

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfl416

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculin , immunology , tuberculosis , immunosuppression , transplantation , latent tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology

Reactivation of a latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in immunocompromised individuals is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The limited sensitivity of the established tuberculin skin-test in identifying latently infected patients on immunosuppressive drug therapy represents a major obstacle to better tuberculosis control after transplantation.

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