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The Tuberculin Skin Test Is Unreliable in School Children BCG-vaccinated in Infancy and at Low Risk of Tuberculosis Infection

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23

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28

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2011

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S Jacobs, Andrea Warman, Ruth Richardson, Wadieh Yacoub, Angela Lau, Denise Whittaker, Sandy Cockburn, Geetu Verma, Jody Boffa, Gregory J. Tyrrell,
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Abstract

The TST is unreliable in school children, BCG-vaccinated in infancy, and who are at low risk of infection. The QFT-GIT is a useful confirmatory test for LTBI in BCG-vaccinated TST-positive school children.

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