The Role of the Interferon Gamma Release Assay in Assessing Recent Tuberculosis Transmission in a Hospital Incident

In 2007, an extensive contact screening investigation into onward transmission of tuberculosis was instigated at a hospital in Northern Ireland following diagnosis of pulmonary multi-drug resistant TB in a healthcare worker. Interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs) were used to test 333 patients and...

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Autores principales: Bradshaw, Louise, Davies, Elizabeth, Devine, Michael, Flanagan, Peter, Kelly, Paul, O'Connor, Kevin, Drobniewski, Francis, Nikolayevskyy, Vladislav, Abubakar, Ibrahim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3113857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21695149
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020770

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3113857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21695149
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020770

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