title: [Risk of tuberculosis in employees of the public health service].
abstract: The risk of tuberculosis in the medical professions was assessed in the course of three studies: The distribution of positive tuberculin reactions (PTR) was determined in 3583 members of the University Hospital in Freiburg, FRG. The results obtained with persons older than 30 years were almost the same in the medical and non-medical professions. Younger persons professionally occupied in the medical sector had a higher PTR rate than their colleagues in the non-medical sector. In the course of a second (case control) study (1979-1988) it was shown that the incidence of tuberculosis in the University Hospital of Freiburg was the same as reported for the normal population of West Germany (0.25%). A third (longitudinal) study (1987-1989) was carried out to assess the future tuberculosis risk by determination of the annual TR conversion rate. The incidence of conversion was identical (2.2%) in the medical and non-medical professions. Determination of conversion rates in different departments showed that the highest rate (and, therefore, the highest tuberculosis risk) was observed in pathology, pulmology and lung surgery.
authors: Personalärztliche Untersuchungsstelle Arbeitsmedizin, Freiburg.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Hofmann
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Schrenk
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Kleimeier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology*
vernacular_title: Zum Tuberkuloserisiko von Beschäftigten im Gesundheitsdienst.