Assessment of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in United States Navy recruits

BACKGROUND: Immunologic tests such as the tuberculin skin test (TST) and QuantiFERON(®)-TB Gold In-Tube test (QFT-GIT) are designed to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, both latent M. tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and infection manifesting as active tuberculosis disease (TB). These tests...

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Autores principales: Lempp, Jason M., Zajdowicz, Margan J., Hankinson, Arlene L., Toney, Sean R., Keep, Lisa W., Mancuso, James D., Mazurek, Gerald H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5435309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28545136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177752

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5435309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28545136
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177752

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