Use of interferon gamma-based assay to diagnose tuberculosis infection in health care workers after short term exposure

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Storla, Dag Gundersen ^a,d   Kristiansen, Ingun ^b   Oftung, Fredrik ^c   Korsvold, Gro Ellen ^c   Gaupset, Monica ^b   Gran, Gerd ^e   Øverby, Anne Kristin ^d   Dyrhol Riise, Anne Margarita ^e   Bjune, Gunnar Aksel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SCREENING TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 67449163714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-60     Document Type: Article

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