Five-year prospective study of tuberculin skin testing among new healthcare personnel at a university hospital in Thailand

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-175

  Kiertiburanakul, S ^a   Suebsing, S ^a   Kehachindawat, P ^a   Apivanich, S ^a   Somsakul, S ^a   Sathapatayavongs, B ^a   Malathum, K ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Healthcare personnel; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THAILAND; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BCG VACCINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84856020120     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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