Tuberculin skin test – Outdated or still useful for Latent TB infection screening?

•Tuberculin skin test (TST) is over a century old but it continues to be used widely.•When IGRAs were introduced it was anticipated that they would rapidly replace TST.•Neither TST nor IGRAs have a high accuracy for predicting active TB.•Latest WHO recommendations are that either TST or IGRA can be...

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Published in:	International journal of infectious diseases Vol. 80; pp. S20 - S22
Main Authors:	Gualano, Gina, Mencarini, Paola, Lauria, Francesco Nicola, Palmieri, Fabrizio, Mfinanga, Sayoki, Mwaba, Peter, Chakaya, Jeremiah, Zumla, Alimuddin, Ippolito, Giuseppe
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Canada Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2019 Elsevier
Subjects:	IGRA Interferon-γ release assays Latent TB LTBI Quantiferon TST Tuberculin skin test Tuberculosis Latent TB Tuberculosis TST Quantiferon Tuberculin skin test Interferon-γ release assays LTBI TB IGRA
ISSN:	1201-9712, 1878-3511, 1878-3511
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