The role of the interferon gamma release assay in assessing recent tuberculosis transmission in a hospital incident.

The role of the interferon gamma release assay in assessing recent tuberculosis transmission in a hospital incident.

In 2007, an extensive contact screening investigation into onward transmission of tuberculosis was instigated at a hospital in Northern Ireland following diagnosis of pulmonary multi-drug resistant TB in a healthcare worker. Interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs) were used to test 333 patients and...

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Main Authors: Louise Bradshaw, Elizabeth Davies, Michael Devine, Peter Flanagan, Paul Kelly, Kevin O'Connor, Francis Drobniewski, Vladislav Nikolayevskyy, Ibrahim Abubakar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3113857?pdf=render

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