QuantiFERON®-TB Gold test for healthcare workers

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-92

  Carvalho, A C ^a   Crotti, N ^b   Crippa, M ^c   Basche R ^a   De Iaco, G ^a   Signorini, S ^a   Jacquot, L ^b   Cristini, G ^d   Castelli, F ^a   Carosi, G ^a   Matteelli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Spedali Civili   (Italy)

^c Occupational Health Institute   (Italy)

^d Division of Infectious Diseases   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG CROSS REACTIVITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SCREENING TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVALUATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PREVALENCE;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 43049104502     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.01.032     Document Type: Letter

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