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Repeat IGRA Testing in Canadian Health Workers: Conversions or Unexplained Variability?

BACKGROUND: Although North American hospitals are switching from tuberculin testing (TST) to interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs), data are limited on the association between occupational exposure and serial QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT) results in healthcare workers (HCWs). METHODS: In a coh...

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Autores principales: Zwerling, Alice, Benedetti, Andrea, Cojocariu, Mihaela, McIntosh, Fiona, Pietrangelo, Filomena, Behr, Marcel A., Schwartzman, Kevin, Menzies, Dick, Pai, Madhukar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3561382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23382955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054748