Higher Positivity Rate with Fourth-Generation QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus Assay in Low-Risk U.S. Health Care Workers

J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Jan 2;57(1):e01688-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01688-18. Print 2019 Jan.

Catherine A Hogan¹, Sara Tien², Madhukar Pai^{3

4}, Niaz Banaei⁵

¹ Stanford Health Care Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
² Stanford Health Care Occupational Health Services, Stanford, California, USA.
³ McGill International TB Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ McGill Global Health Programs, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁵ Stanford Health Care Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA nbanaei@stanford.edu.

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Keywords: latent infection; tuberculosis.

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