Higher specificity of tuberculin skin test compared with QuantiFERON-TB Gold for detection of exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Oct 15;59(8):1188-9. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu516. Epub 2014 Jul 4.

Authors

Angelico Mendy¹, Ahmed N Albatineh², Edgar R Vieira³, Janvier Gasana⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
² Department of Biostatistics.
³ Department of Physical Therapy.
⁴ Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Florida International University, Miami.

PMID: 24997053
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu516

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Male
Tuberculin Test*
Tuberculosis / diagnosis*