Positive tuberculin skin test

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In the employee health office you have diagnosed latent TB in an employee who had a positive tuberculin skin test (TST). You have a positive quantiFERON (QFT) test and a chest x-ray that shows no active disease. What other diagnostic test would you order before starting this employee on INH therapy?

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