title: [Risk of tuberculosis in healthcare workers: risk assessment and medical surveillance].
abstract: Tuberculosis screening is recommended for all health care workers. We evaluated the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among 939 hospital workers of Tor Vergata University teaching hospital in Rome, Italy, in the period 2007-2013, by using the QuantiFERON Gold In-Tube (QFT) test. The mean age of subjects tested was 31 years. The prevalence of positive subjects (cut-off 0.35 UI/ml) was 5.5% (46/939) and the mean age of those who tested positive was 39 years. The low rate of positivity may be partly related to the higher reliability of QFT in comparison to tuberculin skin testing.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italia.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Magrini
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italia.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Coppeta
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italia.
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Somma
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italia.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neri
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina dei Sistemi, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italia.
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gentili
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italia.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fiocco
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biomedicina e Prevenzione, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italia.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pietroiusti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D059425:Interferon-gamma Release Tests / Q000379:methods; D007558:Italy; D055985:Latent Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D014374:Tuberculin Test / Q000379:methods; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis