Discordance between the QuantiFERON Gold In-Tube and QuantiFERON Gold Plus assays associated with country of birth TB incidence

The new QuantiFERON Gold Plus (QFT+) assay is used for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) infection and has 2 phlebotomy methods: direct (QFT + D) and single tube transfer (QFT + T). Little data is available on how the TB incidence in the country of birth (COB) of healthcare workers (HCWs) can impact the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) Scotland), 2019-05, Vol.116, p.S2-S10
Hauptverfasser:	Agarwal, Saroochi, Nguyen, Duc T., Lew, Justin D., Graviss, Edward A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Agreement Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Foreign Professional Personnel Health Personnel Humans IGRA Incidence Interferon-gamma Release Tests - methods Male Middle Aged Occupational Health Phlebotomy Predictive Value of Tests QuantiFERON gold plus Reproducibility of Results Residence Characteristics Tuberculosis - blood Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - ethnology Tuberculosis - microbiology Tuberculosis incidence
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