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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Usefulness and limitations of QuantiFERON-TB Gold in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients: proposal to decrease the lower cutoff level for assessing latent tuberculosis infection

Tomoyo MaedaDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Shogo BannoDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan;Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Hospital, Kawasumi, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 467-8601, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Shinji MaedaDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Taio NaniwaDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Yoshihito HayamiDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Maiko WatanabeDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Rei ItohDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Shigeki SatoDivision of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Ryuzo UedaDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Pages 18-23 | Received 02 Jun 2009, Accepted 19 Aug 2009, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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Shiho Iwagaitsu, Taio Naniwa, Shinji Maeda, Shinya Tamechika, Hironobu Nobata, Hirokazu Imai, Akio Niimi & Shogo Banno. (2016) A comparative analysis of two interferon-γ releasing assays to detect past tuberculosis infections in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients. Modern Rheumatology 26:5, pages 690-695.
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Michael D. Iseman. (2011) Mycobacterial Infections in the Era of Modern Biologic Agents. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences 341:4, pages 278-280.
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Tsukasa Ohnishi. (2011) Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold and the tuberculin skin test for the detection of previous tuberculosis infection evaluated by chest CT findings in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 17:6, pages 849-850.
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Tomoyo Maeda, Shogo Banno, Shinji Maeda, Taio Naniwa, Yoshihito Hayami, Maiko Watanabe, Ryzo Ueda, Shigeki Sato & Shogo Banno. (2011) Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold and the tuberculin skin test for detecting previous tuberculosis infection evaluated by chest CT findings in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 17:6, pages 842-848.
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