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IGRA as a Predictive Factor of Silent Pulmonary Changes in Individuals Following Exposure to Tuberculosis
OBJECTIVES: We conducted a study on usefulness of the tuberculin skin test (TST) and the Quantiferon-TB Gold IT (QFT) tests as predictors of radiological changes after contact with tuberculosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study group consisted of TB-exposed HCWs working in the Military Institute of...
Autores principales: | Targowski, Tomasz, Chelstowska, Sylwia, Plusa, Tadeusz |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer US
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4237935/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25129482 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00408-014-9637-y |
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