High Proportion of Indeterminate QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Results in an Inpatient Population Is Related to Host Factors and Preanalytical Steps

BACKGROUND:  QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test (QFT-GIT) can be used as an alternative to tuberculin skin testing (TST) for the targeted testing of latent tuberculosis. Due to many shortcomings with TST, QFT-GIT usage is increasing. QFT-GIT implementation in the inpatient setting remains unclear. MET...

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Autores principales: Fabre, Valeria, Shoham, Shmuel, Page, Kathleen R., Shah, Maunank
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4281799/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25734154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofu088

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