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Tuberculosis
Research on tuberculosis reported by S. Oneal et al
June 9th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "Current recommendations conflict over the appropriate use of interferon-gamma whole blood assays to screen for tuberculosis (TB) infection in contact Investigations." "We report here on a worksite TB contact investigation in which tuberculin skin test (TST) and QuantiFERON (R)-TB Gold (QFT-G) were both used to identify infection among 61 co-workers. Of the 27 (44%) who had a TST >= 15 min, 11 (41%) had negative QFT-G, raising concerns that QFT-G may not be sufficiently sensitive when used alone in contact investigations," wrote S. Oneal and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "The...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-09)
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