Tuberculosis
Data on tuberculosis described by researchers at Cantonal Hospital
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 18th, 2008
According to recent research from Geneva, Switzerland, "Aims of study: to analyse, in contacts exposed to smear+/culture + (S+/C+) or S-/C+) TB, most of whom are foreign-born: 1) correlation between T-SPOT.TB IFN-gamma release assay (Oxford Immunotec, UK), TST and exposure scores; 2) agreement between T-SPOT.TB and TST in Bacillus of Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccinated and non-vaccinated subjects, and 3) impact of results of T-SPOT.TB on diagnosis and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). TST and T-SPOT.TB were performed in 295 contacts (74% foreign-born) 8-12 weeks after exposure."
"Contacts completed five exposure scores. Data were analysed according to...
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