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Completed N=322
Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection in Health Care Workers Using Ex-vivo Interferon-gamma Assay
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01007396 ↗Enrolled (actual)
322
Serious AEs
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Results posted
Jan 2012
Primary outcomePrimary: Annual Incidence of Tuberculosis Infection Among Newly Employed Doctors and Nurses in Korea — 57 number of new cases per 1000 person/year
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.
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-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 | — |
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- doctors and nurses newly hired at Samsung Medical Center between February, 2008 and November, 2008.
Exclusion Criteria
- Non-applicable
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. Informational only — not medical advice.