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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Autores principales: Arumairaj, Antony J, Park, Hansang, Quesada, Fernando, Altonen, Brian, Chaudhari, Shobhana, Mattana, Joseph, Habtes, Imnett
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Internal Medicine
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

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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

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