Journal of Infection
Volume 61, Issue 2 , Pages 144-149 , August 2010

Serial testing of interferon-γ-release assays for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in hemodialysis patients

  • Woo Kyung Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon 405-760, Republic of Korea
    • Transplantation Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Zhen Long Zheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon 405-760, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Hyung-Soo Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon 405-760, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jin-Woong Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon 405-760, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Hyun Joo Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jae Hyun Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon 405-760, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Ji Yong Jeong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon 405-760, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Sejoong Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon 405-760, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Hyun Hee Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon 405-760, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jaeseok Yang

      Affiliations

    • Transplantation Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea
    • Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Jaeseok Yang, Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital, 28 Yeongeon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 2 765 1861; fax: +82 2 763 6317.

,Accepted 26 April 2010.

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PII: S0163-4453(10)00130-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.04.010

Journal of Infection
Volume 61, Issue 2 , Pages 144-149 , August 2010

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