Application of T-SPOT.TB in tuberculosis contact investigation for screening latent tuberculosis infection at college
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1009-9158.2009.09.015
- VernacularTitle:结核感染T淋巴细胞斑点试验技术在学校结核密切接触者中筛查潜伏结核感染的应用
- Author:
Haiying WANG
;
Shichang WANG
;
Jing ZHAO
;
Xiangqun DONG
;
Zhimin LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Tuberculosis;
Contact tracing;
Tuberculin test
- From:
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2009;32(9):1030-1033
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
1%. During the latent TB screening, agreement between tests was low (Kappa=0.07, P<0.01), but T-SPOT. TB is not affected by BCG vaccination, indicated its better specificity for screening latent TB than that of TST.
