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Screening for tuberculosis and prediction of disease in Portuguese healthcare workers

INTRODUCTION: Results of systematic screening of healthcare workers (HCWs) for tuberculosis (TB) with the tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-γ release assays (IGRA) in a Portuguese hospital from 2007 to 2010 are reported. METHODS: All HCWs are offered screening for TB. Screening is repeated d...

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Autores principales: Torres Costa, José, Silva, Rui, Ringshausen, Felix C, Nienhaus, Albert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21658231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-6-19