Use of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test to confirm latent tuberculosis infection in a Canadian tuberculosis clinic. - Concepedia

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Use of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test to confirm latent tuberculosis infection in a Canadian tuberculosis clinic.

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2009

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Dennis Kunimoto, Edmund Muonir Der, Avril Beckon, Leenath Thomas, Mary Lou Egedahl, A Beatch, Grant R. Williams, Gregory J. Tyrrell, Rabia Ahmed, Nicholas Brown,

Abstract

Implementation of the QFT as a secondary test for latent TB infection (LTBI) can significantly reduce the number of patients given LTBI treatment in a low-incidence country such as Canada.