title: Exposure of dentists to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Ibadan, Nigeria.
abstract: To determine the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among dental patients and to assess dentists' risk for exposure, we conducted a study among dental patients at a large tertiary hospital in Nigeria, a country where tuberculosis is endemic. Ten (13%) of 78 sputum samples obtained were positive for M. tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. sibcadmus@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Simeon I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Cadmus
authors.forename: Victoria N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Okoje
authors.forename: Babafemi O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Taiwo
authors.forename: Dick
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van Soolingen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003815:Dentists; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D055815:Young Adult