Predictors of discordant latent tuberculosis infection test results amongst South African health care workers

BACKGROUND: The tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-gamma-release-assays (IGRAs) are utilized in screening programmes for presumed latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in health care workers (HCWs). However, inter-test comparison yields high rates of discordance, which is poorly understood. Th...

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Udgivet i:BMC Infect Dis
Main Authors: Adams, Shahieda, Ehrlich, Rodney, Baatjies, Roslynn, Dendukuri, Nandini, Wang, Zhuoyu, Dheda, Keertan
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: BioMed Central 2019
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6368796/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30736743
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3745-5
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