Predictors of discordant latent tuberculosis infection test results amongst South African health care workers

Predictors of discordant latent tuberculosis infection test results amongst South African health care workers

Abstract Background The tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-gamma-release-assays (IGRAs) are utilized in screening programmes for presumed latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in health care workers (HCWs). However, inter-test comparison yields high rates of discordance, which is poorly unders...

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Main Authors: Shahieda Adams, Rodney Ehrlich, Roslynn Baatjies, Nandini Dendukuri, Zhuoyu Wang, Keertan Dheda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Latent tuberculosis infection
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Discordance and health care worker
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-3745-5

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