Prevalence and predictors of positive tuberculin skin test results in a research laboratory.
Latent tuberculosis was studied in a research laboratory. A prevalence of positive tuberculin skin test results (>or= 15 mm) of 20% was found and the main predictors were place of birth in a foreign country with high prevalence of tuberculosis and a history of contact with patients with untreated active tuberculosis.
Department of Immunology, Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany. f.h.pilsczek@gmail.com
Florian H
FH
Pilsczek
Stefan H E
SH
Kaufmann
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D008297:Male; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D055815:Young Adult