A Targeted Screening Program for Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients
Sosa-Moreno A, Narita M, Spitters C, Swetky M, Podczervinski S, Lind M, Holmberg L, Liu C, Edelstein R, Pergam S. A Targeted Screening Program for Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2020, 7: ofaa224. PMID: 32671130, PMCID: PMC7348235, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa224.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHematopoietic cell transplant recipientsTuberculin skin testLatent tuberculosis infectionQuantiFERON-TB GoldHematopoietic cell transplantationLatent tuberculosis infection testingElectronic medical recordsTargeted screening programScreening programRisk factorsTuberculosis infectionPrevalence of latent tuberculosis infectionTargeted tuberculin skin testingTuberculin skin test resultsProgression to active tuberculosisNegative QFT resultsElectronic medical record reviewRetrospective cohort studyLow-prevalence populationsQFT resultsCell transplantationTransplant recipientsActive tuberculosisLTBI testingSkin test