Predictive value of latent tuberculosis tests in Indian healthcare workers: a cohort study.

نویسندگان

  • R Joshi
  • U Narang
  • A Zwerling
  • D Jain
  • V Jain
  • S Kalantri
  • M Pai
چکیده

Healthcare workers (HCWs) in high tuberculosis (TB)-burden countries are known to have a substantially higher risk of latent TB infection (LTBI) and TB disease [1], and this has been demonstrated repeatedly in India [2, 3]. Several studies have evaluated interferon-c release assays (IGRAs) in HCWs [4], but no study has reported the predictive value of IGRAs in this population of HCWs at risk for TB exposure.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The European respiratory journal

دوره 38 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011