QuantiFERON test interpretation in patients receiving immunosuppressive agents: an alert

Medicinal Plants as Immunosuppressive Agents in Traditional Iranian Medicine

Hospital-acquired pneumonia in patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy.

OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to determine the clinical success rates, effect of neutropenia on treatment success rates, risk factors related to mortality, and survival in patients who developed hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) while receiving immunosuppressive therapy. METHODS Forty-three adult patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy who developed HAP were included in this pros...

Evaluation of performance of quantiferon assay and tuberculin skin test in end stage renal disease patients receiving hemodialysis.

PURPOSE End stage renal disease (ESRD) cases are associated with increased risk of tuberculosis. There is no gold standard method for detecting latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in ESRD. The aim of the present study was to analyze the performance of the tuberculin skin test (TST) and QuantiFERON-TB Gold in tube (QFT-G) in cases receiving hemodialysis (HD). METHODS The TST and QFT-G were pr...

concordance of the tuberculin skin test and quantiferon in child with kidney disease who candidate for immunosuppressive drugs in 1392-94 in aliasghar hospital

Introduction: Considering that prevoius investigation has included more adult age range, this study aimed to evaluate the agreement between TST and Quantiferon in kidney disease children who are candidate for immunosuppressive medications. Methods: In this cross sectional study, 31 children with renal disease including nephrotic syndrome and renal transplant candidates nominated for immunosu...

[Immunosuppressive agents in Dermatology].

Immunosupressants are drugs that act in cell division and have anti-inflammatory effects. Therefore, they are essentially prescribed in the prevention of transplant rejection and in the treatment of autoimmune disorders and chronic inflammatory diseases, whose main example in Dermatology is psoriasis. In this work the most important immunosuppressive drugs and orientation to properly administer...