Latent tuberculosis infection among health-care workers using Quantiferon-TB Gold-Plus in a country with a low burden for tuberculosis: prevalence and risk factors

BACKGROUND: Health-care workers (HCW) are susceptible to latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). The prevalence of LTBI in HCW in Saudi Arabia has not been reported using the fourth-generation interferon gamma release assay QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus). OBJECTIVE: Determine the prevalence of LT...

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Autores principales: Almohaya, Abdulellah, Aldrees, Abdulwahab, Akkielah, Layan, Hashim, Alshaima Talal, Almajid, Fahad, Binmoammar, Turki, Barry, Mazin A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7270624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32493098
http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2020.191

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7270624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32493098
http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2020.191

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