QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube testing for tuberculosis in healthcare professionals

Lab Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 207-210

  Weddle, Gina ^a   Hamilton, Marilyn ^a   Potthoff, Deborah ^a   Rivera, Deb ^a   Jackson, Mary Anne ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's hospital; Healthcare employee; QuantiFERON; Screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS TEST KIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84946576586     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: 19437730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/LMLSJ4BVXS66WJHS     Document Type: Article

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