1377. Use of Interferon-Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs) Reduced Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) Diagnosis in Refugee and Immigrant Children

BACKGROUND: For foreign-born children from countries with high tuberculosis (TB) burden, positive tuberculin skin test (TST) results, associated with Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccination, paradoxically increase the risk for overdiagnosis and overtreatment of latent TB infection (LTBI) during i...

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Autores principales: Kushner, Lauren E, Mony, Vidya, Vu, David M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6808690/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1241

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6808690/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1241

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