Latent tuberculosis infection, tuberculin skin test and vitamin D status in contacts of tuberculosis patients: A cross-sectional and case-control study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Arnedo Pena, Alberto ^a,d   Juan Cerdán, José V ^b   Romeu Garcia, Angeles ^a   Garcia Ferrer, Daniel ^b   Holguín Gómez, Rita ^c   Iborra Millet, Jesús ^b   Herrero Carot, Concepción ^a   Piñana, María Jesús S ^b   Bellido Blasco, Juan ^a,d   Ferrero Vega, José A ^b   Adsuara, Lourdes S ^a   Silvestre, Esther S ^a   Ferrer, Noemi M ^a   Bartual, Vicenta R ^e  

^a Public Health Center   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTELLÓN   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA PLANA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e Hospital Provincial   (Spain)

Author keywords

Case control study; Latent tuberculosis infection; Tuberculin skin test conversion; Tuberculosis; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; BLOOD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CALCIFEDIOL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 83455219346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-349     Document Type: Article

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