False-positive tuberculin skin tests: what is the absolute effect of BCG and non-tuberculous mycobacteria?

By M. Farhat, C. Greenaway, Madhukar Pai, D. Menzies. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2006

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1. Madhukar Pai
2. C. Denkinger
3. D. Menzies
4. A. Zwerling
5. S. Kik
6. M. Rangaka
7. O. Oxlade
8. K. Dheda

Citations in the corpus

• Gamma Interferon Release Assays for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection (2014, background): “fection and prior BCG vaccination (11).”
• Systematic Review: T-Cellbased Assays for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: An Update (2008, background): “Overall, the high specificity of IGRAs, especially QuantiFERON, might prove to be useful in BCG-vaccinated individuals, particularly in settings where TST specificity is compromised by BCG vaccination after infancy or by multiple BCG vaccinations (52).”