The Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Dialysis Patients
Seminars in Dialysis, 06/15/2012
Richardson RMA – Tuberculin skin test is very insensitive in dialysis patients, and false–positives occur in patients born in countries where Bacillus Calmette–Guerin vaccine has been used. Blood tests using stimulation of gamma interferon have been shown to be more sensitive tests of latent tuberculosis and may be used in conjunction with tuberculin skin tests.



