QuantiFERON-TB Gold and Tuberculin Skin Test for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children

QuantiFERON-TB Gold and Tuberculin Skin Test for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children

Background: Appropriate diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) play the most important role in the control of tuberculosis. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of LTBI among healthy tuberculosis unexposed children vaccinated with BCG using the tuberculin skin test (...

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Main Authors: Hossein Masoumi Asl, Abdolvahab Alborzi, Bahman Pourabbas, Mehdi Kalani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2015-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
Tuberculin test
QuantiFERON TB gold
Latent tuberculosis
Child
Iran
Online Access:http://ijms.sums.ac.ir/index.php/IJMS/article/view/1127

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http://ijms.sums.ac.ir/index.php/IJMS/article/view/1127

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