title: Tuberculin skin test conversion among healthcare workers after exposure to a patient with pleural effusion and parenchymal disease unapparent on chest X-ray.
authors.forename: Marcella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McGuinn
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Segreti
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission*