The impact of BCG vaccination on tuberculin skin test responses in children is age dependent: evidence to be considered when screening children for tuberculosis infection

BACKGROUND: Following exposure to TB, contacts are screened to target preventive treatment at those at high risk of developing TB. The UK has recently revised its recommendations for screening and now advises a 5 mm tuberculin skin test (TST) cut-off irrespective of age or BCG status. We sought to e...

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Autores principales: Seddon, James A, Paton, James, Nademi, Zohreh, Keane, Denis, Williams, Bhanu, Williams, Amanda, Welch, Steven B, Liebeschutz, Sue, Riddell, Anna, Bernatoniene, Jolanta, Patel, Sanjay, Martinez-Alier, Nuria, McMaster, Paddy, Kampmann, Beate
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Tuberculosis
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5036222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27335104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207687

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