Use of interferon gamma-based assay to diagnose tuberculosis infection in health care workers after short term exposure

BACKGROUND: We intended to assess the risk for health care workers (HCWs) of acquiring M. tuberculosis infection after exposure to patients with sputum-smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis at three University Hospitals (Ullevål, Akershus, and Haukeland) in Norway. METHODS: We tested 155 exposed hea...

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Autores principales: Storla, Dag Gundersen, Kristiansen, Ingun, Oftung, Fredrik, Korsvold, Gro Ellen, Gaupset, Monica, Gran, Gerd, Øverby, Anne Kristin, Dyrhol-Riise, Anne Margarita, Bjune, Gunnar Aksel
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2690599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19432995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-60

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2690599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19432995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-60

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