scholarly journals IFN-γ release assay versus tuberculin skin test for monitoring TB infection in healthcare workers

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Nienhaus ◽  
Felix C Ringshausen ◽  
José Torres Costa ◽  
Anja Schablon ◽  
Dominique Tripodi
Keyword(s):  
Tuberculin Skin Test ◽  
Skin Test ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Release Assay ◽  
Ifn Γ

Negative Tuberculin Skin Test and Prediction of Reversion of QuantiFERON Interferon Gamma Release Assay in US Healthcare Workers

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 478-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Thanassi ◽  
Art Noda ◽  
Beatriz Hernandez ◽  
Leah Friedman ◽  
Susan Dorman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tuberculin Skin Test ◽  
Skin Test ◽  
Interferon Gamma ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Infect Control Hosp ◽  
Skin Tests ◽  
Interferon Gamma Release Assay ◽  
Negative Tuberculin Skin Test ◽  
Release Assay

QuantiFERON tuberculosis tests (QFT) reverted in (612) 77% of 1,094 low-risk healthcare workers (HCW) testing less than 1.16 IU/mL. Of HCW testing greater than 1.1 IU/mL, 33 (59%) of 56 with negative tuberculin skin tests (TST) reverted vs 8 (6%) of 125 with positive TSTs. Retesting low-risk QFT-positive and TST-negative HCW is prudent.Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2016;37(4):478–482

Rate of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Detected by Occupational Health Screening of Nurses New to a London Teaching Hospital

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 581-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priya Khanna ◽  
Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy ◽  
Fiona Warburton ◽  
Elek Dobson ◽  
Francis Drobniewski
Keyword(s):  
Tuberculin Skin Test ◽  
Skin Test ◽  
Latent Tuberculosis Infection ◽  
Latent Tuberculosis ◽  
Interferon Γ ◽  
Tuberculosis Infection ◽  
Release Assay ◽  
Ifn Γ ◽  
Positive Results ◽  
Tuberculosis Prevalence

The prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in a cohort of nurses new to a London hospital was 7.6% (13 of 171), using an interferon-γ(IFN-γ) release assay, and 16.2% (24 of 148), using the tuberculin skin test. On multivariate analysis, birth in a country with tuberculosis prevalence of more than 40 cases per 100,000 population was associated with positive results of both the IFN-γ release assay and the tuberculin skin test.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Prognostic Value of IFN-γ Release Assay and Tuberculin Skin Test in Household Contacts of Infectious Tuberculosis Cases in Senegal

PLoS ONE ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. e10508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Lienhardt ◽  
Katherine Fielding ◽  
Abdoul A. Hane ◽  
Aliou Niang ◽  
Cheikh T. Ndao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tuberculin Skin Test ◽  
Skin Test ◽  
Prognostic Value ◽  
Household Contacts ◽  
Release Assay ◽  
Ifn Γ

Conversion rates of an interferon-γ release assay and the tuberculin skin test in the serial monitoring of healthcare workers

Infection ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 511-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Y. Kim ◽  
M. S. Park ◽  
Y. S. Kim ◽  
S. K. Kim ◽  
J. Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tuberculin Skin Test ◽  
Skin Test ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Interferon Γ ◽  
Conversion Rates ◽  
Release Assay

scholarly journals Tuberculosis screening in Portuguese healthcare workers using the tuberculin skin test and the interferon-  release assay

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 1423-1428 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Torres Costa ◽  
R. Sa ◽  
M. J. Cardoso ◽  
R. Silva ◽  
J. Ferreira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tuberculin Skin Test ◽  
Skin Test ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Tuberculosis Screening ◽  
Release Assay
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