Tuberculosis screening in Kansas City homeless shelters.
Voluntary tuberculin skin testing, coupled with on-site radiographic examination of persons with indurations > or = 10 mm, was conducted in five home-less shelters in Kansas City. Of 856 skin tests administered, 654 were read and 89 (13.6%) were positive. Males were nearly four times as likely to have a positive skin test than females. None of the positive individuals had abnormal chest radiographs. Of 42 persons who initiated preventive therapy, only eight completed the course of treatment.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D008923:Missouri / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology