Comparision of Tuberculin Skin Test and RD1-ELISPOT Assay in Health Care Workers
Health care worker (HCW)s carry a higher burden of tuberculosis infection than that of the general public. In this study we compared tuberculin skin test (TST) with RD1-ELISPOT assay in detection of tuberculosis infection in HCWs. Twenty HCWs were investigated, among them 12 had a positive and eight...
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| author | Ahmet SOYSAL Ayşegül YAĞCI Mustafa BAKIR |
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| description | Health care worker (HCW)s carry a higher burden of tuberculosis infection than that of the general public. In this study we compared tuberculin skin test (TST) with RD1-ELISPOT assay in detection of tuberculosis infection in HCWs. Twenty HCWs were investigated, among them 12 had a positive and eight had a negative TST result. RD1-ELISPOT assay was negative in all TST negative ones. Among TST positive ones, two subjects had a negative RD1-ELISPOT assay result. Use of RD1-ELISPOT assay in detection of tuberculosis infection may avoid unnecessary antimicrobial prophylaxis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6a89b1b93e64648bb65198fa29937b52023-02-15T16:20:46ZengBilimsel Tip YayineviFlora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi1300-932X1300-932X2005-09-01103139143Comparision of Tuberculin Skin Test and RD1-ELISPOT Assay in Health Care WorkersAhmet SOYSAL0Ayşegül YAĞCI1Mustafa BAKIR2Marmara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Çocuk İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Bilim DalıMarmara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Mikrobiyoloji Bilim Dalı, İSTANBULMarmara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Çocuk İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Bilim DalıHealth care worker (HCW)s carry a higher burden of tuberculosis infection than that of the general public. In this study we compared tuberculin skin test (TST) with RD1-ELISPOT assay in detection of tuberculosis infection in HCWs. Twenty HCWs were investigated, among them 12 had a positive and eight had a negative TST result. RD1-ELISPOT assay was negative in all TST negative ones. Among TST positive ones, two subjects had a negative RD1-ELISPOT assay result. Use of RD1-ELISPOT assay in detection of tuberculosis infection may avoid unnecessary antimicrobial prophylaxis.http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2005-10-3-139-143.pdfTuberculosisTuberculin testRD1-ELISPOT assayHealth care worker |
| spellingShingle | Ahmet SOYSAL Ayşegül YAĞCI Mustafa BAKIR Comparision of Tuberculin Skin Test and RD1-ELISPOT Assay in Health Care Workers Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi Tuberculosis Tuberculin test RD1-ELISPOT assay Health care worker |
| title | Comparision of Tuberculin Skin Test and RD1-ELISPOT Assay in Health Care Workers |
| title_full | Comparision of Tuberculin Skin Test and RD1-ELISPOT Assay in Health Care Workers |
| title_fullStr | Comparision of Tuberculin Skin Test and RD1-ELISPOT Assay in Health Care Workers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparision of Tuberculin Skin Test and RD1-ELISPOT Assay in Health Care Workers |
| title_short | Comparision of Tuberculin Skin Test and RD1-ELISPOT Assay in Health Care Workers |
| title_sort | comparision of tuberculin skin test and rd1 elispot assay in health care workers |
| topic | Tuberculosis Tuberculin test RD1-ELISPOT assay Health care worker |
| url | http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2005-10-3-139-143.pdf |
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