scholarly journals Chest Radiographs and CT Findings during Healthcare Workers' Tuberculosis Screening Using Interferon-Gamma Release Assay: Retrospective Observational Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye Ra Choi ◽  
Jung-Kyu Lee ◽  
Eun Young Heo ◽  
Deog Kyeom Kim ◽  
Kwang Nam Jin
Keyword(s):  
Observational Study ◽  
Interferon Gamma ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Chest Radiographs ◽  
Retrospective Observational Study ◽  
Interferon Gamma Release Assay ◽  
Tuberculosis Screening ◽  
Ct Findings ◽  
Release Assay

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

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