Post-exposure rate of tuberculosis infection among health care workers measured with tuberculin skin test conversion after unprotected exposure to patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: 6-year experience in an Italian teaching hospital

BACKGROUND: This study assesses the risk of LTBI at our Hospital among HCWs who have been exposed to TB patients with a delayed diagnosis and respiratory protection measures were not implemented. METHODS: All HCWs exposed to a patient with cultural confirmed pulmonary TB and respiratory protection m...

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Autores principales: Muzzi, Alba, Seminari, Elena, Feletti, Tiziana, Scudeller, Luigia, Marone, Piero, Tinelli, Carmine, Minoli, Lorenzo, Marena, Carlo, Mangiarotti, Patrizia, Strosselli, Maurizio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4065580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24919953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-324

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4065580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24919953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-324

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