Repeat IGRA testing in Canadian health workers: conversions or unexplained variability?

Although North American hospitals are switching from tuberculin testing (TST) to interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs), data are limited on the association between occupational exposure and serial QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT) results in healthcare workers (HCWs).In a cohort of Canadian HCWs,...

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Main Authors: Alice Zwerling, Andrea Benedetti, Mihaela Cojocariu, Fiona McIntosh, Filomena Pietrangelo, Marcel A Behr, Kevin Schwartzman, Dick Menzies, Madhukar Pai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3561382?pdf=render