Whole-blood interferon-gamma release assay for baseline tuberculosis screening of healthcare workers at a Swiss university hospital

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Jul;29(7):681-3. doi: 10.1086/588587.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • BCG Vaccine / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Health Personnel*
  • Hospitals, University*
  • Humans
  • Interferon-gamma / blood*
  • Male
  • Mass Screening / methods*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / physiology*
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
  • Risk Factors
  • Switzerland
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / prevention & control

Substances

  • BCG Vaccine
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
  • Interferon-gamma