Title : Use of interferon gamma-based assay to diagnose tuberculosis infection in health care workers after short term exposure.

Pub. Date : 2009 May 11

PMID : 19432995






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1 The number of T-SPOT.TB positives represents 11% of the individuals defined as recently infected by TST after exposure (3/27) and 2% of the total number of exposed people tested (3/155). Terbium thiosulfate sulfurtransferase Homo sapiens
2 In addition, 15 individuals had been previously defined as infected by TST before exposure of whom 2 subjects were T-SPOT.TB positive. Terbium thiosulfate sulfurtransferase Homo sapiens
3 All individuals detected as T-SPOT.TB positive belonged to the TST positive group (> 15 mm), and the percentage concordance between T-SPOT.TB and TST, including both previously and newly infected subjects, was 12% (5/42). Terbium thiosulfate sulfurtransferase Homo sapiens