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

2009; Oxford University Press; Volume: 20; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s10165-009-0226-5

1439-7609

Tomoyo Maeda, Shogo Banno, Shinji Maeda, Taio Naniwa, Yoshihito Hayami, Maiko Watanabe, Rei Itoh, Shigeki Sato, Ryuzo Ueda,

Mycobacterium research and diagnosis

Journal 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 Get access Tomoyo Maeda, Tomoyo Maeda Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Shogo Banno, Shogo Banno Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, JapanDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Hospital, Kawasumi, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 467-8601, Japan Correspondence to: Shogo Banno, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Hospital, Kawasumi, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 467-8601, Japan e-mail: sbannos@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Shinji Maeda, Shinji Maeda Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Taio Naniwa, Taio Naniwa Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Yoshihito Hayami, Yoshihito Hayami Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Maiko Watanabe, Maiko Watanabe Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Rei Itoh, Rei Itoh Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Shigeki Sato, Shigeki Sato Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Ryuzo Ueda Ryuzo Ueda Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Modern Rheumatology, Volume 20, Issue 1, 1 February 2010, Pages 18–23, https://doi.org/10.3109/s10165-009-0226-5 Published: 01 February 2010 Article history Received: 02 June 2009 Accepted: 19 August 2009 Published: 01 February 2010