Agreement between TST and QuantiFERON-TB gold plus in diagnosing latent tuberculosis infection among exposed health care workers at a Malaysian teaching hospital
Incidence rates of tuberculosis (TB) infection among health care workers (HCWs) were always higher compared to the general population. The tuberculin skin test (TST), which was used to screen tuberculosis contact among HCWs has low specificity due to cross reaction with Bacille Calmette-Guerin (B...
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Malaysian Public Health Physicians’ Association
2022
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Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/106018/1/106018_Agreement%20between%20TST%20and%20QuantiFERON-TB.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/106018/ https://mjphm.org/index.php/mjphm/article/view/1947 |
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Institution: | Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia |
Language: | English |