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N/A N=322 Screening

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

Latent Tuberculosis Infection

Enrolled (actual)
322
Serious AEs
Results posted
Jan 2012
Primary outcome: Primary: Annual Incidence of Tuberculosis Infection Among Newly Employed Doctors and Nurses in Korea — 57 number of new cases per 1000 person/year

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
1-step tuberculin skin test (TST) and blood sampling (Other)
Age
Pediatric, Adult, Older Adult
Sex
All
Sponsor
Samsung Medical Center
Primary completion
Dec 2009

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Annual Incidence of Tuberculosis Infection Among Newly Employed Doctors and Nurses in Korea
57
SECONDARY
Negative Conversion Rate in Follow-up QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube Test (QFT-IT Test) After Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI)
15

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.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • doctors and nurses newly hired at Samsung Medical Center between February, 2008 and November, 2008.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Non-applicable
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01007396). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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