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Changes in the rate of bacillus tuberculosis infection in health workers in the first year of the COVID-19 epidemic in Kashan- Iran

OBJECTIVE: This cohort study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A one-year cohort study was conducted in a referral hospital in Kashan, involving 176 medical, educational, and cleaning pe...

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Autores principales: Sehat, Mojgan, Razzaghi, Reza, Ghamsary, Mark, Faghir Ganji, Monireh, Sehat, Mojtaba
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10565687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37829797
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20560
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author Sehat, Mojgan
Razzaghi, Reza
Ghamsary, Mark
Faghir Ganji, Monireh
Sehat, Mojtaba
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Ghamsary, Mark
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description OBJECTIVE: This cohort study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A one-year cohort study was conducted in a referral hospital in Kashan, involving 176 medical, educational, and cleaning personnel. Initial evaluations and tuberculin skin tests were performed, followed by a one-year follow-up period. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 26 software. RESULTS: Among the participants, 26.1% (46 individuals) tested positive for latent tuberculosis infection. Age was a significant risk factor, with a 3.6% increase in latent tuberculosis infection risk with each advancing year. Men had 2.19 times (1.10–4.35) the chance of having a latent infection compared to women. Hospital staff were 3.7 times more at risk of tuberculosis infection than students. Among the hospital job categories, nursing assistants had the highest chance of tuberculosis infection, 6.77 times higher than medical students, followed by cleaning staff and nurses. The ICU, General, and Obstetrics and Gynecology departments had an infection chance of 2.46 (1.11–5.46) compared to other departments. No new positive cases were detected during the follow-up period. CONCLUSION: This study contributes to the understanding of latent tuberculosis infection prevalence and its risk factors among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings highlight the importance of infection control measures and targeted interventions to protect healthcare workers from occupational tuberculosis exposure.
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spelling pubmed-105656872023-10-12 Changes in the rate of bacillus tuberculosis infection in health workers in the first year of the COVID-19 epidemic in Kashan- Iran Sehat, Mojgan Razzaghi, Reza Ghamsary, Mark Faghir Ganji, Monireh Sehat, Mojtaba Heliyon Research Article OBJECTIVE: This cohort study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A one-year cohort study was conducted in a referral hospital in Kashan, involving 176 medical, educational, and cleaning personnel. Initial evaluations and tuberculin skin tests were performed, followed by a one-year follow-up period. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 26 software. RESULTS: Among the participants, 26.1% (46 individuals) tested positive for latent tuberculosis infection. Age was a significant risk factor, with a 3.6% increase in latent tuberculosis infection risk with each advancing year. Men had 2.19 times (1.10–4.35) the chance of having a latent infection compared to women. Hospital staff were 3.7 times more at risk of tuberculosis infection than students. Among the hospital job categories, nursing assistants had the highest chance of tuberculosis infection, 6.77 times higher than medical students, followed by cleaning staff and nurses. The ICU, General, and Obstetrics and Gynecology departments had an infection chance of 2.46 (1.11–5.46) compared to other departments. No new positive cases were detected during the follow-up period. CONCLUSION: This study contributes to the understanding of latent tuberculosis infection prevalence and its risk factors among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings highlight the importance of infection control measures and targeted interventions to protect healthcare workers from occupational tuberculosis exposure. Elsevier 2023-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10565687/ /pubmed/37829797 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20560 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Razzaghi, Reza
Ghamsary, Mark
Faghir Ganji, Monireh
Sehat, Mojtaba
Changes in the rate of bacillus tuberculosis infection in health workers in the first year of the COVID-19 epidemic in Kashan- Iran
title Changes in the rate of bacillus tuberculosis infection in health workers in the first year of the COVID-19 epidemic in Kashan- Iran
title_full Changes in the rate of bacillus tuberculosis infection in health workers in the first year of the COVID-19 epidemic in Kashan- Iran
title_fullStr Changes in the rate of bacillus tuberculosis infection in health workers in the first year of the COVID-19 epidemic in Kashan- Iran
title_full_unstemmed Changes in the rate of bacillus tuberculosis infection in health workers in the first year of the COVID-19 epidemic in Kashan- Iran
title_short Changes in the rate of bacillus tuberculosis infection in health workers in the first year of the COVID-19 epidemic in Kashan- Iran
title_sort changes in the rate of bacillus tuberculosis infection in health workers in the first year of the covid-19 epidemic in kashan- iran
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10565687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37829797
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20560
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