The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. · May 2015
Multicenter StudyRole of confirmatory interferon-gamma release assays in school outbreaks of tuberculosis in South Korea.
To investigate the usefulness of confirmatory QuantiFERON(®) (QFT) testing among tuberculin skin test (TST) positive contacts to diagnose latent tuberculous infection (LTBI) in tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks among adolescents. ⋯ A confirmatory QFT for TST+ contacts could reduce the number of candidates for LTBI treatment after school TB outbreaks.