Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at increased risk of exposure to tuberculosis (TB).
Traditionally, screening for latent TB infection (LTBI) is done using the tuberculin skin test …

IGRAs may still be useful in high-burden settings in specific subgroups at high risk of
progression, including young children, HIV-infected individuals and healthcare workers, but …

Rationale: Contact tracing is an important component of tuberculosis (TB) control programs.
Standardization of contact investigation protocols can make them more efficient. Objectives …

Background Guidelines mandate screening for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) prior to
anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease …

Abstract Objective To investigate QuantiFERON‐tuberculosis Gold (QFT‐G) assay and
tuberculin skin test (TST) for latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) in patients with …

Healthcare workers (HCW) are a risk group for TB. Even in countries with low TB incidence,
the risk of TB in HCW is elevated for a wide range of tasks in healthcare, and the prevention …

Objective A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the agreement
between Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) and Quantiferon (QFT) in screening for tuberculosis …

Healthcare workers (HCWs) have increased risk for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and
tuberculosis (TB) disease due to their occupational exposure. For some years now …

OBJECTIVE: Because of the lack of a gold standard, the diagnostic performance of tests for
the detection of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is not known. However, statistical …

Aim Study degree of sensitivity and specificity of IFN-γ as QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube
assay in diagnosis of tuberculosis instead of tuberculin test. Subjects and methods Forty …