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Article: Use of interferon gamma release assay to assess latent tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers in Hong Kong
| Title | Use of interferon gamma release assay to assess latent tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers in Hong Kong |
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| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2015 |
| Publisher | Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hkmj.org/ |
| Citation | Hong Kong Medical Journal, 2015, v. 21 n. suppl. 7, p. 22-25 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Key Messages
1. Overall baseline interferon gamma release assay positivity was 20.7%.
2. The conversion to interferon gamma release assay positivity at 3 months was 8.85% in the exposed group and 4.54% in the non-exposed group using the conventional cut-off of 0.35 IU/mL.
3. When grey zone results (0.2I-0.7 IU/mL) were included, the proportion of non-specific conversions and reversions could be reduced.
4. Interferon gamma release assay can be an adjunct tool in contact investigation of latent tuberculosis infection in healthcare workers. |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/231174 |
| ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.261 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Tsang, DNC | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Lai, CKC | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Yam, WC | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Chan, JWM | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Mok, YW | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Seto, WH | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Fung, SC | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Chu, CM | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Lam, BHS | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Ng, TK | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-20T05:21:12Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2016-09-20T05:21:12Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hong Kong Medical Journal, 2015, v. 21 n. suppl. 7, p. 22-25 | - |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1024-2708 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/231174 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Key Messages 1. Overall baseline interferon gamma release assay positivity was 20.7%. 2. The conversion to interferon gamma release assay positivity at 3 months was 8.85% in the exposed group and 4.54% in the non-exposed group using the conventional cut-off of 0.35 IU/mL. 3. When grey zone results (0.2I-0.7 IU/mL) were included, the proportion of non-specific conversions and reversions could be reduced. 4. Interferon gamma release assay can be an adjunct tool in contact investigation of latent tuberculosis infection in healthcare workers. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hkmj.org/ | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Hong Kong Medical Journal | - |
| dc.rights | Hong Kong Medical Journal. Copyright © Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press. | - |
| dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
| dc.title | Use of interferon gamma release assay to assess latent tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers in Hong Kong | - |
| dc.type | Article | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Yam, WC: wcyam@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Yam, WC=rp00313 | - |
| dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 265818 | - |
| dc.identifier.volume | 21 | - |
| dc.identifier.issue | suppl. 7 | - |
| dc.identifier.spage | 22 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 25 | - |
| dc.publisher.place | Hong Kong | - |
| dc.identifier.issnl | 1024-2708 | - |