Dr. Masae Kawamura is the TB Controller for San Francisco. She recently made this presentation for the Francis J Curry National Tuberculosis Center.
It is well worth watching (turn your sound on) if you are interested in understanding why and how QuantiFERON testing is progressively replacing TST testing. If you want to save yourself a little time, start at slide 22.
Slide 34 is particularly interesting as it gives strong hints as to what the new CDC Guidelines will contain.
Hi Forrest
ReplyDeleteI'm quite chuffed about slide 38. Dr Kawamura asks and answers the question, Can IGRAs replace the TST? Her answer is music to this shareholders ears.
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Puzzled
G'day Puzzled,
ReplyDeleteYes, it doesn't get more direct than that.
I note that she didn't mention (probably not the right place) that her TB district has saved a lot of money by switching to QFT.