Comparison of tuberculin skin testing and QuantiFERON-TB Gold-In Tube test in health care workers;Saǧlık çalışanlarında tüberkülin cilt testi ile quantiFERON-TB gold-in tube testinin karşılaştırılması

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-47

  Çaǧlayan, Vildan ^a   Oznur A K ^b   Dabak, Gül ^c   Damadoǧlu, Ebru ^d   Ketenci, Banu ^e   Özdemir, Müge ^c   Özer, Serdar ^b   Saygi, Attila ^c  

^a Tekirdag Chest Diseases Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Kartal Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^d HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e Dr Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Latent tuberculosis infection; Quantiferon tb gold in tube; Tuberculin skin testing; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTIFERON TB GOLD IN TUBE; SCAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 79957822692     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5578/tt.1129     Document Type: Article

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