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Tuberculosis
Reports from McGill University describe recent advances in tuberculosis
June 10th, 2008
"The tuberculin skin test (TST) is the most widely used test for detecting tuberculosis (TB) infection. Accurate interpretation of TST requires consideration of three dimensions-the size of the skin reaction, the positive predictive value (PPV) and risk of disease," scientists in Montreal, Canada report. "We developed a web-based algorithm incorporating epidemiological, medical and radiographic risk factors to help in the interpretation of positive TST results in adults We used summary estimates from published reviews on the prevalence of latent TB infection, the likelihood of false-positive TST and...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-10)
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