Screening for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers in New Zealand: Prospective comparison between the tuberculin skin test and the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tubepop ® assay

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 1349, 2012, Pages

  Freeman, Joshua T ^a   Marshall, Roger J ^b   Newton, Sandie ^a   Austin, Paul ^a   Taylor, Susan ^c   Chew, Tony C ^a   Gavaghan, Siobhan ^d   Roberts, Sally A ^a  

^a AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Manukau SuperClinic   (New Zealand)

^d Rheumatology Department   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BCG VACCINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858037230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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