Tuberculin skin test and Quantiferon test agreement and influencing factors in tuberculosis screening of healthcare work

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Tuberculin skin test and Quantiferon test agreement and influencing factors in tuberculosis screening of healthcare workers: a systematic review and metaanalysis Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology (2015): Sample doi:10.1186/s12995-015-0044-y Monica Lamberti ([email protected]) Rossella Uccello ([email protected]) Maria Grazia Lourdes Monaco ([email protected]) Mariarosaria Muoio ([email protected]) Daniela Feola ([email protected]) Nicola Sannolo ([email protected]) Albert Nienhaus ([email protected]) Paolo Chiodini ([email protected]) Sample

ISSN Article type

1745-6673 Review

Submission date

21 October 2014

Acceptance date

15 January 2015

Article URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12995-015-0044-y

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Tuberculin skin test and Quantiferon test agreement and influencing factors in tuberculosis screening of healthcare workers: a systematic review and metaanalysis Monica Lamberti1 Email: [email protected] Rossella Uccello1*,† * Corresponding author Email: [email protected] Maria Grazia Lourdes Monaco1,† Email: [email protected] Mariarosaria Muoio1,† Email: [email protected] Daniela Feola1 Email: [email protected] Nicola Sannolo1 Email: [email protected] Albert Nienhaus2,3 Email: [email protected] Paolo Chiodini4 Email: [email protected] 1

Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Hygiene, Occupational Medicine and Forensic, Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy 2

Center of Excellence for Epidemiology and Health Services Research for Healthcare Professionals (CVcare), Institute for Health Service Research in Dermatology and Nursing, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany 3

Principles of Prevention and Rehabilitation Department (GPR), Institute for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services (BGW), Hamburg, Germany 4 †

Medical Statistics Unit, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Equal contributors.

Abstract Objective A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the agreement between Tuberculin S