scholarly journals Effect of Isoniazid Therapy for Latent TB Infection on QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Responses in Adults With Positive Tuberculin Skin Test Results in a High TB Incidence Area

CHEST Journal ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 145 (3) ◽  
pp. 612-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Johnson ◽  
Hendrik Geldenhuys ◽  
Bonnie A. Thiel ◽  
Asma Toefy ◽  
Sara Suliman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tuberculin Skin Test ◽  
Skin Test ◽  
Positive Tuberculin Skin Test ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Latent Tb ◽  
Latent Tb Infection

scholarly journals False-Positive Tuberculin Skin Test Results Among Low-Risk Healthcare Workers Following Implementation of Fifty-Dose Vials of Purified Protein Derivative

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 750-752 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey M. Collins ◽  
Mary Hunter ◽  
Wanda Gordon ◽  
Russell R. Kempker ◽  
Henry M. Blumberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tuberculin Skin Test ◽  
Skin Test ◽  
False Positive ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The United States ◽  
Positive Tuberculin Skin Test ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Screening Programs

Following large declines in tuberculosis transmission the United States, large-scale screening programs targeting low-risk healthcare workers are increasingly a source of false-positive results. We report a large cluster of presumed false-positive tuberculin skin test results in healthcare workers following a change to 50-dose vials of Tubersol tuberculin.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:750–752

scholarly journals Tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON-Gold In Tube assay for diagnosis of latent TB infection among household contacts of pulmonary TB patients in high TB burden setting

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. e0199360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Padmapriyadarsini Chandrasekaran ◽  
Vidya Mave ◽  
Kannan Thiruvengadam ◽  
Nikhil Gupte ◽  
Shri Vijay Bala Yogendra Shivakumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tuberculin Skin Test ◽  
Skin Test ◽  
Pulmonary Tb ◽  
Household Contacts ◽  
Latent Tb ◽  
Latent Tb Infection

scholarly journals Tuberculin skin test – Outdated or still useful for Latent TB infection screening?

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 ◽  
pp. S20-S22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina Gualano ◽  
Paola Mencarini ◽  
Francesco Nicola Lauria ◽  
Fabrizio Palmieri ◽  
Sayoki Mfinanga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tuberculin Skin Test ◽  
Skin Test ◽  
Latent Tb ◽  
Latent Tb Infection
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