Comparison of the tuberculin skin test and the quantiferon test for latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in health care workers in Turkey

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 102-105

  Ozdemir, Davut ^a   Annakkaya, A N ^a   Tarhan, G ^b   Sencan, I ^c   Cesur, S ^b   Balbay, O ^a   Guclu, E ^a  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Refik Saydam Hygiene Center   (Turkey)

^c DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUANTIFERON TEST; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SKIN INDURATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TURKEY;

EID: 34347357452     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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