2300 Association between source case cavitation on chest radiograph and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube conversion among close contacts of active tuberculosis cases in Brazil

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT) conversion from negative to positive, is regarded as a marker of recent latent tuberculosis infection and may be predictive of incident active tuberculosis (TB) disease. However, it remains unclear how conversion is influenced by individual...

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Published in:J Clin Transl Sci
Main Authors: Saag, Lauren A., Cordeiro-Santos, Marcelo, Kritski, Afranio, Andrade, Bruno, Cavalcante, Solange, Durovni, Betina, Turner, Megan, Figueiredo, Marina, Rolla, Valeria, Sterling, Timothy
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cambridge University Press 2018
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Basic/Translational Science/Team Science
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6799333/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2018.45
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