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  • Title: Esophageal tuberculosis in a patient on maintenance dialysis: advantages of interferon-gamma release assay.
    Author: Damaschin O, Dahmani O, Faibis F, Demachy MC, Abtahi M, Cucherousset N, Fiacre A, Locher C, Habibi H, Kamalodine T, Morteza Massoumi S.
    Journal: Ren Fail; 2009; 31(3):248-50. PubMed ID: 19288332.
    Abstract:
    Patients with chronic renal failure have a higher risk of developing tuberculosis compared to the general population, and especially extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. This pathology is often difficult to diagnose and requires a combination of multidisciplinary examinations. The confirmation of the diagnosis is important in order to quickly match the treatment with the pathology. We report a patient with primary esophageal tuberculosis for whom the interferon gamma release assay facilitated a timely diagnosis.
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