Comparison of the tuberculin skin test and the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test in detecting latent tuberculosis in health care workers in Iran

OBJECTIVES: The tuberculin skin test (TST) and the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test (QFT) are used to identify latent tuberculosis infections (LTBIs). The aim of this study was to determine the agreement between these two tests among health care workers in Iran. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included...

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Published in:Epidemiol Health
Main Authors: Mostafavi, Ehsan, Nasehi, Mahshid, Hashemi Shahraki, Abdolrazagh, Esmaeili, Saber, Ghaderi, Ebrahim, Sharafi, Saeed, Doosti-Irani, Amin
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Korean Society of Epidemiology 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5037355/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27457062
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2016032
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