Adjuvant diagnosis of tuberculosis in hemodialysis patients using fourth generation interferon γ releasing assay.

Miria ChinenDaisuke KatagiriEmi SakamotoHaruka NoguchiMikako SuzukiIsao KondoTakahito NiikuraYohei AraiMinami SuzukiFumihiko HinoshitaHideki Takano

Published in: Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (2022)

QFT-plus may be useful for the diagnosis of active TB in dialysis patients. Further studies in cohorts with larger sample sizes are expected.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
mycobacterium tuberculosis
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
early stage
prognostic factors
dendritic cells
emergency department
hiv infected
patient reported
antiretroviral therapy
adverse drug