Conversion rates of an interferon-γ release assay and the tuberculin skin test in the serial monitoring of healthcare workers

• Published in: Infection Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 511 - 516
• Main Authors: Kim, S. Y., Park, M. S., Kim, Y. S., Kim, S. K., Chang, J., Kang, Y. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.04.2013
• Subjects: Adult; Clinical and Epidemiological Study; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Epidemiological Monitoring; Family Medicine; Female; Follow-Up Studies; General Practice; Health Personnel; Humans; Infectious Diseases; Interferon-gamma Release Tests - methods; Internal Medicine; Latent Tuberculosis - diagnosis; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium; Occupational Diseases - diagnosis; Occupational Diseases - microbiology; Occupational Exposure - analysis; Prospective Studies; Reproducibility of Results; Republic of Korea; Risk Factors; Time Factors; Tuberculin Test - methods; Young Adult; Republic of Korea; Latent tuberculosis; Interferon-γ release assay; Healthcare workers; Tuberculin skin test; Serial testing

Purpose Regular monitoring of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection in healthcare workers (HCWs) is recommended, but the view about the effective method and performance of serial monitoring is controversial. The aim of this study was to determine differences in conversion rates according to TB exposure...