Tuberculin Skin Tests: References


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References


Other Works Consulted

  • Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (2002). Questions and Answers About TB. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/faqs/qa.htm.

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2005). Guidelines for using the QuantiFERON®-TB test for diagnosing latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. MMWR, 54(RR-15): 49–55.

  • Small PM, Selcer UM (2000). Tuberculosis. In GT Strickland, ed., Hunter's Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8th ed., pp. 491–513. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.



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Last updated: May 18, 2007
Author: Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS
Reviewed By: E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine, Alfred A. Lardizabal, MD - Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine/Tuberculosis
Editors: Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer

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