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Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection in Health Care Workers Using Ex-vivo Interferon-gamma Assay

NCT01007396 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 322

Last updated 2012-01-11

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Summary

The present study was to evaluate the usefulness of a whole-blood interferon-r release assays (IGRAs) as diagnostic tool of the latent tuberculosis infection for healthcare workers.

Conditions

  • Latent Tuberculosis Infection

Interventions

OTHER

1-step tuberculin skin test (TST) and blood sampling

In only new healthcare workers, the 1-step TST and quantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test were performed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Samsung Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Won-Jung Koh, M.D. · Samsung Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

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