Use of Interferon-Gamma Release Assays in a Health Care Worker Screening Program: Experience from a Tertiary Care Centre in the United States

Use of Interferon-Gamma Release Assays in a Health Care Worker Screening Program: Experience from a Tertiary Care Centre in the United States

BACKGROUND: Interferon-gamma release assays including the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test (QFT-GIT [Cellestis Ltd, Australia]) may be used in place of the tuberculin skin test (TST) in surveillance programs for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection control. However, data on performance and practical...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Manish Joshi, Thomas P Monson, Gail L Woods
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:	Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/576324

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