646. Increasing Use of Interferon-Gamma Release Assay to Test for Pediatric Tuberculosis in a Low-Burden Setting

BACKGROUND: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) or interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs) to test for tuberculosis (TB) infection in children ≥2 years old, and prioritizes IGRA testing in Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine recipients due to cross-reactivity. TSTs...

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Autores principales: Campbell, Jeffrey, Sun, Mingwei, He, Wei, Lamb, Gabriella S, Tabatneck, Mary, Goldmann, Don, Sabharwal, Vishakha, Sandora, Thomas, Haberer, Jessica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8690763/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab466.843

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8690763/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab466.843

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