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pro vyhledávání: '"Tuberculin skin test conversion"'
Autor:
Arnedo-Pena Alberto, Juan-Cerdán José, Romeu-Garcia Angeles, Garcia-Ferrer Daniel, Holguín-Gómez Rita, Iborra-Millet Jesús, Herrero-Carot Concepción, Piñana María Jesús, Bellido-Blasco Juan, Ferrero-Vega José, Adsuara Lourdes, Silvestre Esther, Ferrer Noemi, Bartual Vicenta
Publikováno v:
BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 1, p 349 (2011)
Abstract Background Deficient serum vitamin D levels have been associated with incidence of tuberculosis (TB), and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). However, to our knowledge, no studies on vitamin D status and tuberculin skin test (TST) conversi
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https://doaj.org/article/6c8b48dd69bc42f89675d0b749425861
Publikováno v:
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 12:396-400
Summary Our objective was to determine tuberculin skin test conversion rate of health care workers traveling to Botswana. The rate of tuberculin skin test conversion was 4.2% for the entire group studied or 6.87 per 1000 person weeks (95% CI, 1.87–
Autor:
Elena Seminari, Carlo Marena, Piero Marone, Carmine Tinelli, Alba Muzzi, Luigia Scudeller, Lorenzo Minoli, M. Strosselli, P. Mangiarotti, Tiziana Feletti
Publikováno v:
BMC Infectious Diseases
Background This study assesses the risk of LTBI at our Hospital among HCWs who have been exposed to TB patients with a delayed diagnosis and respiratory protection measures were not implemented. Methods All HCWs exposed to a patient with cultural con
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 13:175-181
Introduction The purpose of this case-control study was to determine whether smoking plays a role in tuberculin skin test conversion among the inmate population of South Carolina. Results The major findings of this study indicate that smokers were mo
Autor:
Niaz Banaei, Jemianne Bautista
Publikováno v:
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 73(3)
The sensitivity of QuantiFERON-TB GOLD In-Tube was measured in 104 subjects with recent (≤2 years) and remote Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection using tuberculin skin test conversion as the reference standard. The sensitivity was not significantl
Publikováno v:
ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2011
Background and Aims: TB is especially prevalent among health care workers (HCW) as compared to the general population. Not all health care workers are at the same risk for tuberculin skin test (TST...
In response to a difference in pricing, the San Diego Veterans Administration Medical Center changed its tuberculin preparation from Tubersol to Aplisol in the fall of 2006. Following the change, an increased number of employee skin test conversions
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::07dec9accdbe67bbed9e627069d77000
https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2668276/
https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2668276/
Autor:
T. Mark Doherty
Publikováno v:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH ISBN: 9781934115770
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::64936c643319ef5b76e74b80acbe430c
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-569-5_11
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-569-5_11
Publikováno v:
Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 24(11)
Publikováno v:
Archives of internal medicine. 155(15)
Objective and Methods: To suggest a cost-effective strategy with a high degree of surveillance for the transmission of tuberculosis infection to employees in community hospitals. We performed a cost-benefit analysis of tuberculin skin testing over a