Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 17th, 2009
"Overall agreement and specificity were high, but the tests did not agree on positive results. Only 2 of 5 positive QFT-GIT assay results could be confirmed with repeat analyses," wrote K.J. Cummings and colleagues, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
The researchers concluded: "Indeterminate results were associated with potential immunosuppression."
Cummings and colleagues published their study in Infection...
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