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ArticleScientific reports2020

CD4 response of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus for positive consistency of latent tuberculosis infection in patients on dialysis.

Ping-Huai Wang, Shu-Yung Lin, Susan Shih-Jung Lee, Shu-Wen Lin, Chih-Yuan Lee, Yu-Feng Wei, Chin-Chung Shu, Jann-Yuan Wang, Chong-Jen Yu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Ping-Huai WangDivision of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Shu-Yung LinDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
Susan Shih-Jung LeeDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Shu-Wen LinGraduate Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chih-Yuan LeeCollege of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yu-Feng WeiDivision of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Chin-Chung ShuDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan. ccshu@ntu.edu.tw.
Jann-Yuan WangDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chong-Jen YuDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
National Taiwan University · TWNational Taiwan University Hospital · TWE-Da Hospital · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWOriental Institute of Technology · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A significantly negative reversion in the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube (QFT-GIT) test is reported in patients on dialysis, which makes the results unreliable. The CD4 and CD8 responses of the QFT-Gold plus (QFT-Plus) may have better positive consistency, but this needs to be investigated. We enrolled dialysis patients with baseline positive QFT-GIT

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AdultAgedBiomarkersCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesDelivery of Health CareFemaleHumansInterferon-gamma Release TestsLatent TuberculosisMaleMiddle AgedRenal DialysisRisk FactorsBiomarkers

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PMID33288814
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