Latent tuberculosis infection in nurses exposed to tuberculous patients cared for in rooms without negative pressure after the 2011 great east Japan earthquake.
Miyagi Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Kurihara, Japan. kanamori@med.tohoku.ac.jp
Hajime
H
Kanamori
Noboru
N
Aso
David J
DJ
Weber
Mari
M
Koide
Yuri
Y
Sasaki
Koichi
K
Tokuda
Mitsuo
M
Kaku
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004190:Disasters; D055866:Earthquakes; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control; D059425:Interferon-gamma Release Tests; D007564:Japan; D055985:Latent Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D009726:Nurses; D015995:Prevalence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014691:Ventilation