In Reply: Latent tuberculous infection testing among HIV-infected persons in clinical care

Latent tuberculosis infection screening in persons newly-diagnosed with HIV infection in Italy: A multicentre study promoted by the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

“…This is in agreement with what has been observed in other European countries, such as the Netherlands (Evenblij et al, 2016), Belgium (Wyndham-Thomas et al, 2016), and Switzerland (Elzi et al, 2007), as well as in non-European countries, such as Australia (Doyle et al, 2014). In contrast, a study performed in the United States demonstrated an association between the request for screening for LTBI diagnosis and poverty (Reaves et al, 2017). This is a very interesting issue; however this parameter was not evaluated in our survey.…”