Serial screening for latent tuberculosis infection in healthcare workers in low-risk settings

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-4

  Zellweger, Jean Pierre ^a   Rieder, Hans L ^b,c  

^a Swiss Lung Association   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

BCG VACCINATION; EDITORIAL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LOW RISK POPULATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84891877534     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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