The use of a borderline zone for the interpretation of interferon-gamma release assay results for serial screening of healthcare workers

OBJECTIVE: An interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) is used to screen for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Among IGRAs, the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) results are highly variable, so the borderline zone has been proposed to reduce unnecessary LTBI treatment. The aim of this study was...

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Autores principales: Park, Jae Hyeon, Kim, Namhee, Park, Hyunwoong, Kim, Taek Soo, Park, Sang-Won, Roh, Eun Youn, Yoon, Jong Hyun, Shin, Sue
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7326217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32603343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235254

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7326217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32603343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235254

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