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Tuberculosis
Research from C.C. Leung and co-authors in the area of tuberculosis published
April 1st, 2008
According to recent research from Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, "In the present study, T-Spot.TB and the tuberculin skin test (TST) were compared in the screening of latent tuberculosis infection among silicotic patients. A conditional probability model was used to compare the potential clinical utilities of T-Spot.TB and TST performed on 134 silicotic subjects from December 1, 2004 to January 31, 2007." "Data from a historical cohort were also reanalysed for further comparison. Agreement with T-Spot.TB was best using a TST cut-off of 10 mm. Age >= 65 yrs independently predicted a tuberculin reaction <10 mm (odds ratio=3), but not a negative T-Spot.TB...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-04-01)
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