Pre-employment screening of latent tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers using tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON-TB Gold test at a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia
Summary: Objective: To assess the agreement between the tuberculin skin test (TST) and the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test (QFT-G) as pre-employment screening tests for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among healthcare workers. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted among 1412 he...
Main Authors: | Mohamed El-Helaly, Waseem Khan, Aiman El-Saed, Hanan H. Balkhy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-11-01
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Series: | Journal of Infection and Public Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034114001129 |
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