Whole-blood interferon-gamma release assay for baseline tuberculosis screening of healthcare workers at a Swiss University Hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 681-683

  Stebler, Ariane ^a   Iseli, Patricia ^b   Mühlemann, Kathrin ^a   Bodmer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BCG VACCINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 47549084797     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588587     Document Type: Letter

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