Increase in tuberculin skin test converters among health care workers after a change from Tubersol to Aplisol

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 651-654

  Gillenwater, Kari A ^a   Sapp, Sandra C ^b   Pearce, Kim ^b   Siberry, George K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCREENING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; COST SAVINGS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DRUG COSTS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33845225044     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2006.05.288     Document Type: Article

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