Serial IGRA testing of trainees in the healthcare sector in a country with low incidence for tuberculosis – a prospective cohort study

Serial IGRA testing of trainees in the healthcare sector in a country with low incidence for tuberculosis – a prospective cohort study

[english] Background: Healthcare workers (HCW) are a risk group for tuberculosis (TB). That is why interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) serial testing is performed on HCWs repeatedly exposed to infectious patients or materials. However, the variability of IGRA in serial testing is not yet well unde...

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Main Authors: Schablon, Anja, Peters, Claudia, Diel, Roland, Diner, Genia, Anske, Ute, Pankow, Wulf, Ringshausen, Felix C., Nienhaus, Albert
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2013-11-01
Series:GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
Subjects:
tuberculosis
serial testing
interferon-gamma release assay
healthcare workers
students
occupational disease
latent tuberculosis infection
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/dgkh/2013-8/dgkh000217.shtml

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