Occupational screening for tuberculosis and the use of a borderline zone for interpretation of the IGRA in German healthcare workers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Schablon, Anja ^a   Nienhaus, Albert ^a,b   Ringshausen, Felix C ^c   Preisser, Alexandra M ^a   Peters, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GERMAN (CITIZEN); HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS TEST KIT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT; GERMANY; MASS SCREENING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 84919933593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115322     Document Type: Article

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