Source: International Congress 2019 – Tuberculosis and non-TB mycobacterial infection I
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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R. Gupta (London, United Kingdom), M. Lipman (London, United Kingdom), C. Jackson (London, United Kingdom), A. Sitch (Birmingham, United Kingdom), J. Southern (London, United Kingdom), F. Drobniewski (London, United Kingdom), J. Deeks (Birmingham, United Kingdom), C. Tsou (London, United Kingdom), C. Griffiths (London, United Kingdom), J. Davidson (London, United Kingdom), C. Campbell (London, United Kingdom), O. Stirrup (London, United Kingdom), M. Noursadeghi (London, United Kingdom), H. Kunst (London, United Kingdom), P. Haldar (Leicester, United Kingdom), A. Lalvani (London, United Kingdom), I. Abubakar (London, United Kingdom). Do higher quantitative interferon gamma release assay or tuberculin skin test results help to predict incident tuberculosis? Data from the UK PREDICT study. 3822

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