Tuberculosis Screening by Tuberculosis Skin Test or QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube Assay among an Immigrant Population with a High Prevalence of Tuberculosis and BCG Vaccination

RATIONALE: Each year 1 million persons acquire permanent U.S. residency visas after tuberculosis (TB) screening. Most applicants undergo a 2-stage screening with tuberculin skin test (TST) followed by CXR only if TST-positive at > 5 mm. Due to cross reaction with bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), T...

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Glavni autori: Painter, John A., Graviss, Edward A., Hai, Hoang Hoa, Nhung, Duong Thi Cam, Nga, Tran Thi Thanh, Ha, Ngan P., Wall, Kirsten, Loan, Le Thien Huong, Parker, Matt, Manangan, Lilia, O’Brien, Rick, Maloney, Susan A., Hoekstra, R. M., Reves, Randall
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: Public Library of Science 2013
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Online pristup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3868593/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24367546
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082727
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