Tuberculosis screening programme using the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold test and chest computed tomography for healthcare workers accidentally exposed to patients with tuberculosis

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-262

  Hirama, T ^a   Hagiwara, K ^a   Kanazawa, M ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chest computed tomography; Healthcare workers; QuantiFERON TB Gold test

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951852449     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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