skin test for tuberculosis
Comparison of a New ESAT-6/CFP-10 Peptide-Based Gamma Interferon Assay and a Tuberculin Skin Test for Tuberculosis Screening in a Moderate-Risk Population
... latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) with Mantoux tuberculin skin test (TST) has many limitations, including false-positive results due to exposure to Mycobacterium other than tuberculosis ...
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The Value of the Tuberculin Skin Test as a Screening Test for Tuberculosis among BCG-Vaccinated Children
... The Value of the Tuberculin Skin Test as a Screening Test for Tuberculosis among. Services[r] ...
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Assessment of a Protein Cocktail-Based Skin Test for Bovine Tuberculosis in a Double-Blind Field Test in Cattle
... Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a worldwide zoonosis caused mainly by Mycobacterium ...tuberculin skin test, which uses bovine purified protein derivatives ...the skin test, but there have ...
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Performance of the tuberculin skin test and interferon γ release assay for detection of tuberculosis infection in immunocompromised patients in a BCG vaccinated population
... latent tuberculosis infection; TST: tuberculin skin test; QFT-IT: QuantiF- ERON-TB Gold In-Tube; TB: Tuberculosis; BCG: Bacille Calmette-Guerin; MTB: ...M. tuberculosis; HIV: human ...
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Kinetics of a Tuberculosis-Specific Gamma Interferon Release Assay in Military Personnel with a Positive Tuberculin Skin Test
... Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection on the basis of the tuberculin skin test (TST) result is inaccurate due to the false-positive TST results that occur after Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination or ...
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The association between tuberculin skin test result and active tuberculosis risk of college students in Beijing, China: a retrospective cohort study
... school tuberculosis. At present, tuberculin skin test, based on purified protein derivative (PPD) induced delayed-type hypersensitivity, is still the main means in Mtb infection screening in China, ...
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Screening for tuberculosis infection among newly arrived asylum seekers: Comparison of QuantiFERON®TB Gold with tuberculin skin test
... of tuberculosis in Norway is generally low ...where tuberculosis is endemic [1]. Most cases of tuberculosis are due to imported new strains rather than transmission within Norway ...latent ...
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Display of Antigens on Polyester Inclusions Lowers the Antigen Concentration Required for a Bovine Tuberculosis Skin Test
... tuberculin skin test is the primary screening test for the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis (TB), and use of this test has been very valuable in the control of this disease in many ...
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Parasitic infection may be associated with discordant responses to QuantiFERON and tuberculin skin test in apparently healthy children and adolescents in a tuberculosis endemic setting, Ethiopia
... tuberculin skin test (TST) and QuantiFERON TB Gold In-Tube ...for tuberculosis disease, such as socioeconomic status, body mass index (BMI) scores, ...QFT-GIT test, but the number of ...
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Comparison of Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay and Tuberculin Skin Test in Healthy Children Exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
... tuberculin skin test (TST) is the only universally used method for detecting M tuberculosis infection, for which it has unknown sensitivity and specificity, the latter being compromised by ...
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Development of a Skin Test for Bovine Tuberculosis for Differentiating Infected from Vaccinated Animals
... tuberculin skin test has been used for the diagnosis of bovine and human tuberculosis (TB) for over a hundred ...the test is compromised by vaccination with the Mycobacterium bovis-derived ...
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Cost analysis of tuberculin skin test and the QuantiFERON TB Gold In tube test for tuberculosis screening in a correctional setting in Dallas, Texas, USA
... tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) are placed per month, requiring eight dedicated full time-equivalent nurses or medical aides, which includes staff and security time to visit inmates in their cells to read the TST ...
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Exploring the Risk Posed by Animals with An Inconclusive Reaction to the Bovine Tuberculosis Skin Test in England and Wales
... ratio test (LRT) was used to assist model building and to compare the mixed-effects models to normal logistic regression models not accounting for clustering by ...
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The clinical utility of tuberculin skin test and interferon γ release assay in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis among young adults: a prospective observational study
... We used 10 mm as the TST cutoff considering the communal setting, relatively higher incidence in South Korea than in other developed countries, and large number of subjects with BCG scars (71.3%). In the case of ...
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Comparing interferon gamma release assays with tuberculin skin test for identifying latent tuberculosis infection that progresses to active tuberculosis: systematic review and meta analysis
... Two independent reviewers (AT and PA) screened the ti- tles and abstracts of all identified articles, and afterwards full-texts of potentially relevant articles using pre-piloted forms. One reviewer (PA) extracted ...
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Tuberculin skin test and Quantiferon test agreement and influencing factors in tuberculosis screening of healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... on skin response: both vac- cinated and unvaccinated subjects receiving RT23 2 TU or 1TU were more likely to have a positive result than those receiving 5 TU PPD ...
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Latent tuberculosis infection, tuberculin skin test and vitamin D status in contacts of tuberculosis patients: a cross sectional and case control study
... 48. Martineau AR, Timms PM, Bothamley GH, Hanifa Y, Islam K, Claxton AP, Packe GE, Moore-Guillon JC, Darmalingam M, Davidson RN, Milburn HJ, Baker LV, Barker RD, Woodward NJ, Venton TR, Barnes KE, Mullet CJ, Coussens AK, ...
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Association between tuberculin skin test result and clinical presentation of tuberculosis disease
... The basis of these differences according to birthplace is not known; however, US- and foreign-born persons with TB in the US differ in several notable respects. One difference in these populations is in the likelihood of ...
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Post exposure rate of tuberculosis infection among health care workers measured with tuberculin skin test conversion after unprotected exposure to patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: 6 year experience in an Italian teaching hospital
... with a longer period of direct contact with patients. This observation might suggest a limitation of the study, as PEARTI was measured as TST conversion three months after the exposure following a first negative TST ...
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Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in healthcare workers at a hospital in Naples, Italy, a low-incidence country
... tuberculin skin test (TST) every 6 years in healthcare structures classified as “very low” risk, every 2 years in “low” risk structures, every year if the risk is “medium”, and twice-yearly when the risk is ...
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