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Prospective Comparison of the Tuberculin Skin Test and 2 Whole-Blood Interferon-  Release Assays in Persons with Suspected Tuberculosis

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2007

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Gerald H. Mazurek, Stephen E. Weis, Patrick K. Moonan, Charles L. Daley, John Bernardo, Alfred Lardizabal, Randall Reves, Sean Toney, Laura Daniels, Philip LoBue
Clinical Infectious Diseases

Abstract

The TST, QFT, and QFT-G have similar sensitivity in persons with culture-confirmed infection. As with the TST, negative QFT and QFT-G results should not be used to exclude the diagnosis of tuberculosis in persons with suggestive signs or symptoms.

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