To TST or not to TST: Is tuberculin skin testing necessary before BCG immunisation in children?

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1434-1436

  Ritz, Nicole ^a,c   Tebruegge, Marc ^a,e   Camacho Badilla, Kattia ^b,d   Haeusler, Gabrielle M ^b   Connell, Tom G ^a,b   Curtis, Nigel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

BCG immunisation; Interferon gamma release assay; Mantoux; PPD; Quantiferon; Travel; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 84856575432     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.11.099     Document Type: Review

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