The value of interferon gamma release assays for diagnosis infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis during an annual screening of health care workers

J Occup Environ Med. 2008 Nov;50(11):1207-8. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31818def3d.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antigens, Bacterial / analysis
  • Bacteriological Techniques
  • Health Personnel
  • Humans
  • Interferon-gamma / analysis*
  • Mass Screening / methods*
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / immunology*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Netherlands
  • Skin Tests
  • Tuberculin Test / methods*
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens
  • Interferon-gamma