TY  - JOUR
T1  - COst-effectiveness of tuberculosis screening in health care workers is not robust—reply
AU  - de Perio MA, Tsevat J, Roselle GA, Kralovic SM, Eckman MH
Y1  - 2009/07/27
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.212
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1336
EP  - 1340
VL  - 169
IS  - 14
N2  - 
We appreciate the opportunity to respond to the thoughtful comments of Mancuso and colleagues concerning new data on the test characteristics of interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs) published after our cost-effectiveness analysis article1 was accepted for publication. Mancuso and colleagues express concern that the latest meta-analysis by Pai and colleagues2 reported a pooled sensitivity of 77% for the TST vs our pooled value of 67%; 78% for the QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-G) (Cellestis Limited) vs our value of 83%; and 70% for the QFT-GIT vs our value of 76%.1- 2

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.212
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2009.212
ER  -