A Three-Way Comparison of Tuberculin Skin Testing, QuantiFERON-TB Gold and T-SPOT.TB in Children

• Tom G. Connell ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tom G. Connell, Nicole Ritz

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Nicole Ritz ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tom G. Connell, Nicole Ritz

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Georgia A. Paxton,

  Affiliation Immigrant Health Service, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Jim P. Buttery,

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Nigel Curtis ,

  * E-mail: nigel.curtis@rch.org.au

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Sarath C. Ranganathan

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Thoracic Medicine Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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