Prevalence and associated risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection among undergraduate and postgraduate dental students: A retrospective study

Autor: Alfredo De Rosa, Nicola Coppola, Claudia Westermann, Maria Rosaria Muoio, Antônio Paulino Ribeiro Sobrinho, Monica Lamberti, Elpidio Maria Garzillo, Albert Nienhaus, Vincenzo Crispino, Antonio Arnese, Gabriella Di Giuseppe
Přispěvatelé: Lamberti, Monica, Muoio, Maria Rosaria, Westermann, Claudia, Nienhaus, Albert, Arnese, Antonio, Ribeiro Sobrinho, Antônio Paulino, DI GIUSEPPE, Gabriella, Garzillo, Elpidio Maria, Crispino, Vincenzo, Coppola, Nicola, DE ROSA, Alfredo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
health surveillance
Tuberculosis
Cross-sectional study
Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis
education
Students
Dental
Tuberculin
Toxicology
Dental student
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Latent Tuberculosis
Risk Factors
Prevalence
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
tuberculosi
Quantiferon test
tuberculin skin testing
Retrospective Studies
General Environmental Science
Latent tuberculosis
Tuberculin Test
business.industry
Dental health
Incidence (epidemiology)
Age Factors
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Retrospective cohort study
Skin test
occupational exposure
medicine.disease
bacterial infections and mycoses
030210 environmental & occupational health
Surgery
Cross-Sectional Studies
Italy
Family medicine
Female
business
Interferon-gamma Release Tests
Popis: To estimate the prevalence of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) in Italian dental students exposed to the same occupational risks as dental health care personnel and to evaluate potential risk factors, a cross-sectional study was conducted on undergraduate and postgraduate students. After clinical evaluation, students were given a tuberculin skin test; in those found positive, an interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) was conducted. Of the 281 students enrolled, 10 were only TST positive; 8 were TST or/and IGRA positive. We found that participants testing positive at TST and/or IGRA, a group in which the risk of false LTBI positives is minimal, were older and had been studying longer. Although the prevalence of LTBI among dental students in our study was low, a risk of acquiring a work-related infection exists even in a country with a low incidence of TB. Thus, dental students should be screened to catch LTBI early on.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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