Latent tuberculosis infection among health-care workers using Quantiferon-TB Gold-Plus in a country with a low burden for tuberculosis: prevalence and risk factors

BACKGROUND: Health-care workers (HCW) are susceptible to latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). The prevalence of LTBI in HCW in Saudi Arabia has not been reported using the fourth-generation interferon gamma release assay QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus). OBJECTIVE: Determine the prevalence of LT...

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Main Authors: Abdulellah Almohaya, Abdulwahab Aldrees, Layan Akkielah, Alshaima Talal Hashim, Fahad Almajid, Turki Binmoammar, Mazin A. Barry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2020-05-01
Series:Annals of Saudi Medicine
Online Access:https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2020.191