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The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of high-resolution computed tomography of the chest (HRCT) in the investigation of an outbreak of TB that developed in the South Korean army.
Outbreak investigation including tuberculin skin test (TST), QuantiFERON® TB Gold In-Tube (QFT), and simple chest radiography (CXR) will be performed. For participants with any abnormal findings in these tests, HRCT will be carried out. Active pulmonary TB is diagnosed based on sputum studies or HRCT findings. In addition, participants with positive results both in TST and QTF will be treated as having a latent TB infection (LTBI). TST and QTF were repeated in participants with positive result in one of these tests. CXR will be repeated in all participants at 3 and 6 months of follow-up.
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A military unit in South Korean Army
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Jae-Joon Yim, MD | Seoul National University Hospital | Principal Investigator |
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| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 19880906 | Derived | Lee SW, Jang YS, Park CM, Kang HY, Koh WJ, Yim JJ, Jeon K. The role of chest CT scanning in TB outbreak investigation. Chest. 2010 May;137(5):1057-64. doi: 10.1378/chest.09-1513. Epub 2009 Oct 31. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D014376 | Tuberculosis |
| ID | Term |
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| D009164 | Mycobacterium Infections |
| D000193 | Actinomycetales Infections |
| D016908 | Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections |
| D001424 | Bacterial Infections |
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| D001423 | Bacterial Infections and Mycoses |
| D007239 | Infections |