Abstract：
:Healthcare workers are at an increased risk of contracting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) represent the available tests most used for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Different borderline zones have been proposed for defining conversions and reversions to improve the interpretation of the IGRA test results as part of serial testing. From 2012 to 2017, 5468 health students of an Italian University Hospital were screened for tuberculosis infection through the execution of the TST and, in case of positivity, of the QuantiFERON-TB® Gold In-Tube assay (QFT-GIT). The QFT-GIT is considered "borderline" with values from 0.35 to 0.99 IU/mL. Among the students who performed the QFT-GIT assay, 27 subjects presented a range of values defined as borderline. The QFT-GIT was repeated after 90 days on 19 subjects with borderline values and showed a negativization of the values in 14 students and a positive conversion in three cases, while for two students, a borderline value was also found for the second test, with a 74% regression of the borderline cases. The introduction of QuantiFERON borderline values is a useful assessment tool to bring out LTBI case candidates for chemoprophylaxis.
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Int J Environ Res Public Healthauthors
Corvino AR,Monaco MGL,Garzillo EM,Grimaldi E,Donnarumma G,Miraglia N,Di Giuseppe G,Lamberti Mdoi
10.3390/ijerph17186773subject
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2020-09-17 00:00:00issue
18eissn
1661-7827issn
1660-4601pii
ijerph17186773journal_volume
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