Tuberculosis contact investigation with a new, specific blood test in a low-incidence population containing a high proportion of BCG-vaccinated persons

BACKGROUND: BCG-vaccination can confound tuberculin skin test (TST) reactions in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection. METHODS: We compared the TST with a Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific whole blood interferon-gamma assay (QuantiFERON(®)-TB-Gold In Tube; QFT-G) during ongoing investiga...

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Autori principali: Diel, R, Nienhaus, A, Lange, C, Meywald-Walter, K, Forßbohm, M, Schaberg, T
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2006
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1481586/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16707012
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-7-77
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