The cascade of care in testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in liver transplant candidates
Palacios C, Medvedeva N, Cheung H, Cohen E, Azar M, Malinis M. The cascade of care in testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in liver transplant candidates. Transplant Infectious Disease 2022, 25: e13999. PMID: 36484433, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13999.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLatent tuberculosis infectionLT candidatesIndeterminate IGRALTBI testingTuberculosis infectionCascade of carePost-liver transplantLiver transplant candidatesProportion of patientsRetrospective chart reviewTB-endemic countriesInterferon-gamma releaseTreatment completion ratesCompletion ratesLTBI treatmentPositive IGRATB reactivationCare cascadeTreatment-naïveChart reviewSecondary outcomesTransplant candidatesPrimary outcomeTreatment initiationChest imaging