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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
Materias:	Research
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

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