Prevalence of latent tuberculosis and associated factors in patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis

CONCLUSION: the low prevalence of latent tuberculosis identified and the factors associated with it reinforce the need for screening for latent tuberculosis infection for diabetics combined with an analysis of previous risk factors and comorbidities.PMID:34287541 | DOI:10.1590/1518-8345.3839.3442

Source: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem - July 21, 2021 Category: Nursing Authors: Viviane Ferreira Cassiane Dezoti da Fonseca Valdes Roberto Bollela Elen Almeida Rom ão Jose Abr ão Cardeal da Costa Alvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa Dulce Aparecida Barbosa Source Type: research