Housekeeping health care workers have the highest risk for tuberculin skin test conversion

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1050-1055

  Sherman, H A ^a   Karakis, I ^a   Heimer, D ^a   Arzt, M ^b   Goldstein, W ^a   Bouhnik, L ^a   Maimon, M Nimrod ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conversion; HCWs; Latent tuberculosis infection; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; TST

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BCG VACCINE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 79960387143     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0344     Document Type: Article

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