Comparison of the Tuberculin Skin Test and Interferon Gamma Release Assay for the Screening of Tuberculosis in Adolescents in Close Contact with Tuberculosis TB Patients

BACKGROUND: The tuberculin skin test (TST) frequently yields false positive results among BCG-vaccinated persons thereby limiting its diagnostic value particularly in settings with high BCG vaccination rate. We determined the agreement between IGRA and TST using 2 cutoff values and identified possib...

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Autores principales: Song, Seung-Eun, Yang, JiYeon, Lee, Kil Soo, Kim, Hyungjun, Kim, Young Mi, Kim, Seonghan, Park, Mi-Sun, Oh, Su Yeon, Lee, Jin Bum, Lee, EunPyo, Park, Sang-Hee, Kim, Hee-Jin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4096406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25020161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100267

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4096406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25020161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100267

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