Background: Tuberculosis (TB) screening of healthcare workers (HCWs) is an important component of hospital infection control programs. Many institutions have replaced tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) with interferon-release gamma assays (IGRAs). Challenges of IGRA tests include daily fluctuations of IGRA...
Specificity of the tuberculin skin test and the T-SPOT. TB assay among students in a low-tuberculosis incidence setting [J]. J Am Coil Health, 2012, 60( 1 ): 94-96.Specificity of the tuber-culin skin test and the T-SPOT.TB assay among students in a low-tu-berculosis incidence ...
The primary bTB screening and control tool is 27 the tuberculin skin-test (TST), with removal of animals found to be positive (reactors). 28 The TST as applied in GB and Ireland the so-called single intradermal comparative 29 cervical tuberculin test (SICCT) (14). It involves injection ...
dry cough and headache,and hence make it difficult to distinguish between TB and SAD flares.Henceforth.a more sensitive and specific diagnostic tool iS needed..Tuberculin Skin Test(TST)has been used as atraditional method for screening tuberculosis infection.However the sensitivity and specificity of...
This protocol is supported by the National Institute of Mental Health R01 MH090326 (IVB) and R01 MH073445 (RPW); the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research P30 AI060354; the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases K24 AR057827 (EL); the National Center for...
分类号UDC硕士学位论文密级T.SPOT.TB在评估系统性自身免疫病合并结核病患者中的作用研究PerformanceofT—SPOT.TBassayinsc..
Screening for tuberculosis infection among newly arrived asylum seekers: Comparison of QuantiFERON (R) TB Gold with tuberculin skin test. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008; 8.Winje BA, Oftung F, Korsvold GE, Mannsaker T, Jeppesen AS, Harstad I, Heier BT, Heldal E: Screening for tuberculosis ...
Tuberculin skin testBackground:Healthcare workers are considered to be at a higher risk of acquiring tuberculosis (TB) infection than the general population. Clinical medical students are part of the healthcare team and clinical practice are done during their clinical rotation. They could be exposed...
Participants were screened for active TB by questionnaire and chest X-ray. LTBI was evaluated by Tuberculin skin test (TST) and QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFTP) among subgroup. Participants with positive TST or QFTP were considered to have LTBI. Participants with LTBI were offered IPT.#From ...
Population is vaccinated with BCG in Turkey and BCG vaccination decreases the specifity of tuberculin skin test. QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Assay (QFT) is an another good option to screen latent TB. Objectives The objective of this study was to assess reliability of QFT test for latent TB ...