Tuberculin skin test – Outdated or still useful for Latent TB infection screening? | Zendy

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Tuberculin skin test – Outdated or still useful for Latent TB infection screening?

Author(s) -

Gina Gualano,

Paola Mencarini,

F. Lauria,

Fabrizio Palmieri,

Sayoki Mfinanga,

Peter Mwaba,

Jeremiah Chakaya,

Alimuddin Zumla,

Giuseppe Ippolito

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.01.048

Subject(s) - tuberculin , concordance , medicine , skin test , latent tuberculosis , tuberculin test , test (biology) , tuberculosis , immunology , pathology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , paleontology , biology

To make an informed viewpoint on the usefulness of Tuberculin Skin test (TST) compared to Interferon Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs) for diagnosis of Latent TB Infection (LTBI) in different geographical settings.

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