Comparison of tuberculin skin test and quantiferon-TB gold in tube test for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in health care workers: A cross sectional study

Bozkanat, Erkan; Kaya, Hatice; Sezer, Ogun; Caliskan, Tayfun; Kilic, Erol; Ciftci, Faruk; Gumus, Seyfettin; Kartaloglu, Zafer

Comparison of tuberculin skin test and quantiferon-TB gold in tube test for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in health care workers: A cross sectional study

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JOURNAL OF THE PAKISTAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, vol.66, no.3, pp.270-274, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 66 Issue: 3
Publication Date: 2016
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THE PAKISTAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.270-274
Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: To compare the diagnostic efficacy and agreement of the traditional tuberculin skin test with QuantiFERON-Tuberculosis Gold In-Tube test for latent tuberculosis infection in healthcare workers.