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TST conversions were defined as reactions greater than or equal to 10 mm, with increments of 6 or 10 mm over baseline. QFT conversions were defined as baseline IFN-\u03b3 less than 0.35 and follow-up IFN-\u03b3 greater than or equal to 0.35 or 0.70 IU\/ml. QFT reversions were defined as baseline IFN-\u03b3 greater than or equal to 0.35 and follow-up IFN-\u03b3 less than 0.35 IU\/ml.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of the 216 participants, 48 (22%) were TST-positive, and 38 (18%) were QFT-positive at baseline. Among 147 participants with concordant baseline negative results, TST conversions occurred in 14 (9.5%; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 5.3\u201315.5) using the 6 mm increment definition, and 6 (4.1%; 95% CI = 1.5\u20138.7) using the 10 mm increment definition. QFT conversions occurred in 17\/147 participants (11.6%; 95% CI = 6.9\u201317.9) using the definition of IFN-\u03b3 greater than or equal to 0.35 IU\/ml, and 11\/147 participants (7.5%; 95% CI = 3.8\u201313.0) using IFN-\u03b3 greater than or equal to 0.70 IU\/ml. Agreement between TST (10 mm increment) and QFT conversions (\u2a7e 0.70 IU\/ml) was 96% (\u03ba = 0.70). QFT reversions occurred in 2\/28 participants (7%) with baseline concordant positive results, as compared with 7\/10 participants (70%) with baseline discordant results (p &amp;lt; 0.001).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>IFN-\u03b3 assay shows promise for serial testing, but repeat results need to be interpreted carefully. To meaningfully interpret serial results, the optimal thresholds to distinguish new infections from nonspecific variations must be determined.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1164\/rccm.200604-472oc","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,5,12]],"date-time":"2006-05-12T04:02:07Z","timestamp":1147406527000},"page":"349-355","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":212,"title":["Serial Testing of Health Care Workers for Tuberculosis Using Interferon-\u03b3 Assay"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"174","author":[{"given":"Madhukar","family":"Pai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Divisions of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, California; Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, India; and the Montreal 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