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Programmatic Impact of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Implementation on Latent Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment in a Public Health Clinic

BACKGROUND: QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) is considered an alternative to the tuberculin skin test (TST) for the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) infection, but the programmatic impact of QFT-GIT implementation is largely unknown. In March, 2010, the Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) int...

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Autores principales: Shah, Maunank, DiPietro, Danielle, Greenbaum, Adena, Ketemepi, Sherry, Martins-Evora, Maria, Marsiglia, Vincent, Dorman, Susan E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3346719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22586476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036551