title: Utilization of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test in a two-step process with the tuberculin skin test to evaluate health care workers for latent tuberculosis.
abstract: A cost analysis of combining a tuberculin skin test (TST) and the QuantiFERON-TB Gold test (QFT-GT) to detect latent tuberculosis in newly hired health care workers was performed. An approximately 50% reduction in the cost of additional care was realized when workers with positive TST results were subsequently screened using the QFT-GT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985900 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5900, USA.
authors.forename: Baha
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abdalhamid
authors.forename: Steven H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hinrichs
authors.forename: Jodi L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Garrett
authors.forename: Jean M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: Kristine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hansen-Cain
authors.forename: Amy A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Armbrust
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Iwen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007159:Immunologic Tests / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism; D055985:Latent Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D014373:Tuberculin / Q000276:immunology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014373:Tuberculin; D007371:Interferon-gamma