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Determining the Need for Additional Testing With Quantiferon TB Gold in Patients With Positive Tuberculin Skin Tests and a History of BCG Vaccination
Objective: To determine if the QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT) testing can be obviated for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in patients with a positive tuberculin skin test (TST) and a history of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination by identifying high-risk features in patients...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10279503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37342742 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39272 |