Predictors of persistently positive Mycobacterium-tuberculosis-specific interferon-gamma responses in the serial testing of health care workers.

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Predictors of persistently positive Mycobacterium-tuberculosis-specific interferon-gamma responses in the serial testing of health care workers. / Ringshausen, Felix C; Nienhaus, Albert; Schablon, Anja; Schlösser, Stephan; Schultze-Werninghaus, Gerhard; Gernot, Rohde.

in: BMC INFECT DIS, Jahrgang 10, 2010, S. 220.

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@article{700aff80697640deadb9baf6515a8b18,
title = "Predictors of persistently positive Mycobacterium-tuberculosis-specific interferon-gamma responses in the serial testing of health care workers.",
abstract = "Data on the performance of Mycobacterium-tuberculosis-specific interferon-(IFN)-gamma release assays (IGRAs) in the serial testing of health care workers (HCWs) is limited. The objective of the present study was to determine the frequency of IGRA conversions and reversions and to identify predictors of persistent IGRA positivity among serially tested German HCWs in the absence of recent extensive tuberculosis (TB) exposure.",
author = "Ringshausen, {Felix C} and Albert Nienhaus and Anja Schablon and Stephan Schl{\"o}sser and Gerhard Schultze-Werninghaus and Rohde Gernot",
year = "2010",
language = "Deutsch",
volume = "10",
pages = "220",
journal = "BMC INFECT DIS",
issn = "1471-2334",
publisher = "BioMed Central Ltd.",

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Predictors of persistently positive Mycobacterium-tuberculosis-specific interferon-gamma responses in the serial testing of health care workers.

AU - Ringshausen, Felix C

AU - Nienhaus, Albert

AU - Schablon, Anja

AU - Schlösser, Stephan

AU - Schultze-Werninghaus, Gerhard

AU - Gernot, Rohde

PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - Data on the performance of Mycobacterium-tuberculosis-specific interferon-(IFN)-gamma release assays (IGRAs) in the serial testing of health care workers (HCWs) is limited. The objective of the present study was to determine the frequency of IGRA conversions and reversions and to identify predictors of persistent IGRA positivity among serially tested German HCWs in the absence of recent extensive tuberculosis (TB) exposure.

AB - Data on the performance of Mycobacterium-tuberculosis-specific interferon-(IFN)-gamma release assays (IGRAs) in the serial testing of health care workers (HCWs) is limited. The objective of the present study was to determine the frequency of IGRA conversions and reversions and to identify predictors of persistent IGRA positivity among serially tested German HCWs in the absence of recent extensive tuberculosis (TB) exposure.

M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz

VL - 10

SP - 220

JO - BMC INFECT DIS

JF - BMC INFECT DIS

SN - 1471-2334

ER -