Case-Control study of Firefighters with documented positive tuberculin skin test results using Quantiferon-TB testing in comparison with Firefighters with negative tuberculin skin test results

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Phoenix Firefighters have had abnormally high rates of tuberculin skin test (TBST) results on medical surveillance. The objectives of this study were to evaluate our firefighters using QuantiFERON-TB (QFT), comparing the results to their TBST results.</p> <p>Meth...

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Hauptverfasser:	Gorter Forrest D, Kelley Patrick L, Dominguez John A, Reinhart Steven, Wernick Howard B, England Timothy L, Fleming James L, Papst Victor, LaDuke Alicia
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	BMC 2006-12-01
Schriftenreihe:	Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology
Online-Zugang:	http://www.occup-med.com/content/1/1/28
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