Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Household Contacts of Tuberculosis Patients, Healthcare Workers, and Tuberculosis Patients Using QuantiFERON-tuberculosis Gold Plus and Tuberculin Skin Test in a Tertiary Care Hospital Setting Bhubaneswar, Odisha – A Cross-sectional Study

Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Household Contacts of Tuberculosis Patients, Healthcare Workers, and Tuberculosis Patients Using QuantiFERON-tuberculosis Gold Plus and Tuberculin Skin Test in a Tertiary Care Hospital Setting Bhubaneswar, Odisha – A Cross-sectional Study

Introduction: Contacts of tuberculosis (TB) patients have an increased risk of latent TB infection (LTBI). Currently, it is diagnosed using one of the two methods: Tuberculin skin test (TST) or QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus. This study aims to estimate the concordance of TST and QFT-TB Gold Plus and asso...

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Main Authors: Braja Sundar Barik, Chinmay Divyadarshi Kar, Shritam Das, Tahziba Hussain, Sasmita Nayak, Arun Kumar Sahu, Sooman Sundaray, Sanghamitra Pati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-01-01
Series:Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
bhubaneswar
comparison
interferon-gamma release assays
latent tuberculosis infection
quantiferon-tb gold plus assay
tuberculin skin test
Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jgid.jgid_78_24
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