Is there a value of Mantoux test and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in pre-employment screening of health care workers for tuberculosis in a high prevalence country?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1012-1016

  Ali, N S ^a   Hussain, Syed F ^b   Azam, S I ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Mantoux test; Pre employment screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PAKISTAN; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036854384     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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