We considered three screening strategies based on tuberculin skin testing, and one based on chest radiography ( Table 1). Any positive tuberculin test was followed by clinical evaluation and chest ...

The recommendations for medium risk included, “All HCWs should receive baseline TB screening upon hire, using two-step TST (skin test) or a single BAMT (alternate test) to test for infection,” and ...

Thanks to the availability of two new blood tests called T-SPOT.TB and QuantiFERON-TB Gold, physicians around the world can better detect latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. The tests, which reduce ...