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Negative Tuberculin Skin Test and Prediction of Reversion of QuantiFERON Interferon Gamma Release Assay in US Healthcare Workers.
Thanassi, Wendy; Noda, Art; Hernandez, Beatriz; Friedman, Leah; Dorman, Susan; Yesavage, Jerome.
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  • Thanassi W; 1Occupational Health Service,Veterans Affairs Health Care System,Palo Alto,California.
  • Noda A; 4War Related Illness and Injury Study Center and Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center,Department of Veterans Affairs,Palo Alto,California.
  • Hernandez B; 4War Related Illness and Injury Study Center and Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center,Department of Veterans Affairs,Palo Alto,California.
  • Friedman L; 4War Related Illness and Injury Study Center and Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center,Department of Veterans Affairs,Palo Alto,California.
  • Dorman S; 6Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore,Maryland.
  • Yesavage J; 4War Related Illness and Injury Study Center and Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center,Department of Veterans Affairs,Palo Alto,California.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol ; 37(4): 478-82, 2016 Apr.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26818401
ABSTRACT
QuantiFERON tuberculosis tests (QFT) reverted in (612) 77% of 1,094 low-risk healthcare workers (HCW) testing less than 1.16 IU/mL. Of HCW testing greater than 1.1 IU/mL, 33 (59%) of 56 with negative tuberculin skin tests (TST) reverted vs 8 (6%) of 125 with positive TSTs. Retesting low-risk QFT-positive and TST-negative HCW is prudent.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Tuberculosis / Tuberculin Test / Mass Screening / Health Personnel / Interferon-gamma Release Tests Type of study: Clinical_trials / Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limits: Adult / Humans / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS / ENFERMAGEM / EPIDEMIOLOGIA / HOSPITAIS Year: 2016 Document type: Article
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Tuberculosis / Tuberculin Test / Mass Screening / Health Personnel / Interferon-gamma Release Tests Type of study: Clinical_trials / Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limits: Adult / Humans / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS / ENFERMAGEM / EPIDEMIOLOGIA / HOSPITAIS Year: 2016 Document type: Article