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A retrospective review of tuberculosis exposure among health care workers in a tertiary hospital

BACKGROUND: We evaluated tuberculosis (TB) acquisition rate and risk factors among health care workers (HCWs) exposed to index TB patients. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study on exposed HCWs from August 2016 to January 2018 at a tertiary hospital in Singapore. Demographic factors and...

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Autores principales: Chia, Shi Zhe Gabriel, How, Kue Bien Molly, Chlebicki, Maciej Piotr, Ling, Moi Lin, Gan, Wee Hoe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7132713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31806237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.10.014