Comparison of the tuberculin skin test and interferon gamma release assay for the screening of tuberculosis in adolescents in close contact with tuberculosis TB patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Song, Seung Eun ^a   Yang, JiYeon ^a   Lee, Kil Soo ^a   Kim, Hyungjun ^a   Kim, Young Mi ^a   Kim, Seonghan ^a   Park, Mi Sun ^a   Oh, Su Yeon ^b   Lee, Jin Bum ^b   Lee, EunPyo ^b   Park, Sang Hee ^a   Kim, Hee Jin ^b  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^b Korean Institute of Tuberculosis   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RT 23; TUBERCULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BCG VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; MALE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904217013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100267     Document Type: Article

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