Rate of latent tuberculosis infection detected by occupational health screening of nurses new to a london teaching hospital.
The prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in a cohort of nurses new to a London hospital was 7.6% (13 of 171), using an interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) release assay, and 16.2% (24 of 148), using the tuberculin skin test. On multivariate analysis, birth in a country with tuberculosis prevalence of more than 40 cases per 100,000 population was associated with positive results of both the IFN-gamma release assay and the tuberculin skin test.
Department of Microbiology, Barts and the London National Health Service Trust, London, UK.
Priya
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Khanna
Vladyslav
V
Nikolayevskyy
Fiona
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Warburton
Elek
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Dobson
Francis
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Drobniewski
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008131:London / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult
D007371:Interferon-gamma