Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8952724 | The Journal of Pediatrics | 2018 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
QFT-based LTBI screening was successfully introduced in our pediatric primary-care health system, and supported our programmatic goals of identifying LTBI cases while limiting unnecessary LTBI treatment courses. Increasing positive rates with age, and higher rates in the refugee/TB populations compared with CHS, add indirect evidence of adequate test sensitivity, even among young children, for whom data on interferon-gamma release assay performance are limited.
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Authors
James MD, MScPH, Bryn MD, Robert MD, Michael L. MD, Mary E. MD, MPH,