| Literature DB >> 18249311 |
Mads Hornum1, Klaus Leth Mortensen, Anne-Lise Kamper, Ase Bengård Andersen.
Abstract
Four cases are presented, immunosuppressed by at least three different mechanisms: one HIV-positive patient with a CD4 count of 0.29 x 10(6)/ml, one malnourished patient, and two kidney-transplanted patients. All patients had a negative interferon (IFN)-gamma test for suspected tuberculosis (TB), but a positive culture. We conclude that a negative IFN-gamma test does not exclude TB disease in immunosuppressed patients.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 18249311 DOI： 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.03.020
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Intern Med ISSN： 0953-6205 Impact factor: 4.487