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20819271

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
Screening with chest X-ray and the Mantoux test (the tuberculin skin test [TST]) is compulsory for adult asylum seekers who arrive in Norway. In 2005-2006, we included 823 asylum seekers in a study of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test (QFT-G), and followed them for 23-32 months. Eight subjects with a positive and one with a negative QFT-G test were diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). The positive (PPV) and negative predictive values (NPV) for TB were respectively 3.3% and 99.8%. The PPV was 2.3% and the NPV 99.1% for TST >or= 15 mm, and the NPV was 99.5% for TST >or= 6 mm in combination with a negative QFT-G.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1815-7920
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1209-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Predictive values of QuantiFERON-TB Gold testing in screening for tuberculosis disease in asylum seekers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. ingunn.harstad@ntnu.no
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't