Tuberculin skin test and predictive host factors for false-negative results in patients with pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis.

João Almeida Santos Raquel Duarte Carla Nunes

Published in: The clinical respiratory journal (2020)

These results highlight the importance of knowing which factors influence TST results, such as HIV status, substance abuse or age, thus improving its usefulness as a screening method for LTBI.

Keyphrases

hiv aids
hiv positive
pulmonary hypertension
hiv infected
mycobacterium tuberculosis
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv testing
soft tissue
intimate partner violence