Exposure of Dentists to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Ibadan, Nigeria

To determine the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among dental patients and to assess dentists’ risk for exposure, we conducted a study among dental patients at a large tertiary hospital in Nigeria, a country where tuberculosis is endemic. Ten (13%) of 78 sputum samples obtained we...

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Autores principales: Cadmus, Simeon I., Okoje, Victoria N., Taiwo, Babafemi O., van Soolingen, Dick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20735939
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1609.100447
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spelling pubmed-32949862012-03-07 Exposure of Dentists to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Ibadan, Nigeria Cadmus, Simeon I. Okoje, Victoria N. Taiwo, Babafemi O. van Soolingen, Dick Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To determine the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among dental patients and to assess dentists’ risk for exposure, we conducted a study among dental patients at a large tertiary hospital in Nigeria, a country where tuberculosis is endemic. Ten (13%) of 78 sputum samples obtained were positive for M. tuberculosis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3294986/ /pubmed/20735939 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1609.100447 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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