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The complexity of diagnosing latent tuberculosis infection in older adults in long-term care facilities

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2016

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Natasha S. Hochberg, Sergey Rekhtman, Julianne E. Burns, Lisa Ganley‐Leal, Sina Helbig, Nathaniel S. Watts, Gary H. Brandeis, Jerrold J. Ellner, C. Robert Horsburgh
International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Abstract

LTBI testing in older adults is complicated by TST reversion and TST-positive/T-SPOT.TB-negative discordance, which may reflect clearance of infection or waning immunity.

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