Negative tuberculin skin test and prediction of reversion of QuantiFERON interferon gamma release assay in US Healthcare Workers

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 478-482

  Thanassi, Wendy ^a,b,c   Noda, Art ^b,c   Hernandez, Beatriz ^b,c   Friedman, Leah ^b,c   Dorman, Susan ^d   Yesavage, Jerome ^b,c  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS TEST KIT; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TUBERCULIN TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961728295     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.324     Document Type: Article

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