Cost analysis of screening and treatment of LTBI in Brazil, 2010.

Abbreviations: TST, tuberculin skin test; IPT isoniazid preventive therapy; LTBI, latent tuberculosis infection; DILI, drug-induced liver injury; TB, tuberculosis; QFT-GIT, QuantiFERON-TB® Gold-in-Tube Test; MOH, Ministry of Health.
*Estimates based on market prices in Rio de Janeiro city.
**includes a ELISA washer and reader, incubator, centrifuge, computer, printers, and laboratory technician time (49 minutes/patient).
Abbreviations: TST, tuberculin skin test; IPT isoniazid preventive therapy; DILI, drug-induced liver injury; QGT-GIT, QuantiFERON-TB® Gold-in-Tube Test, PPD, purified protein derivative 1US$  =  R$ 1.76 (mean exchange rate in 2010).