Screening of hospital workers for pulmonary tuberculosis in a medical center in Taiwan.
At a medical center in Taiwan, all workers were examined by chest radiography, to determine the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis. The prevalence of tuberculosis among all hospital workers was 0.12%, that among nurses was 0.35%, and that among externally contracted cleaners was 0.57%. All of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates recovered from 2 nurses and from a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis were the Beijing strain, but the strains had different serotypes.
Wang
Fu-Der
FD
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201 Section 2 Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chang
Chi-Hwar
CH
Su
Wei-Juin
WJ
Shih
Jen-Fu
JF
Hsiao
Kuang-Ming
KM
Chern
Ming-Sheng
MS
Chen
Te-Li
TL
Lin
Ming-Yin
MY
Chen
Yin-Yin
YY
Lee
Chen-Hsen
CH