QuantiFERON(®)-TB Gold In-Tube for contact screening in BCG-vaccinated adults: A longitudinal cohort study

OBJECTIVE: To assess the utility of QuantiFERON(®)-TB Gold In-tube (QFT-GIT) for targeting preventive therapy in BCG-vaccinated contacts of tuberculosis (TB), based on its high specificity and negative predictive value for development of TB. METHODS: We compared two screening strategies for TB conta...

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Autores principales: Muñoz, Laura, Gonzalez, Lucia, Soldevila, Laura, Dorca, Jordi, Alcaide, Fernando, Santin, Miguel
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/PMC5576668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28854216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183258

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5576668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28854216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183258

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