The association between tuberculin skin test result and active tuberculosis risk of college students in Beijing, China: a retrospective cohort study

About 10% latent tuberculosis infections (LTBI) would progress to active tuberculosis (TB), if left prophylactic therapy. Tuberculin skin test (TST) is the most widely used method for LTBI screening in the sch...

Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - July 12, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Demin Cao, Zhiguo Zhang, Zhen Yang, Shubo Ma, Zhaogang Sun, Huijuan Duan, Baoli Zhu and Fei Zhao Tags: Research article Source Type: research