Latent Tuberculosis Screening Using Electronic Health Record Data

Screening for latent tuberculosis infection is recommended for foreign-born persons in the United States. We used proxy data from electronic health records to determine that 17.5% of foreign-born outpatients attending the UC San Diego Health clinic (San Diego, CA, USA) underwent screening. Ending th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Jenks, Jeffrey D., Garfein, Richard S., Zhu, Wenhong, Hogarth, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32818426
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.191391
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Sumario:Screening for latent tuberculosis infection is recommended for foreign-born persons in the United States. We used proxy data from electronic health records to determine that 17.5% of foreign-born outpatients attending the UC San Diego Health clinic (San Diego, CA, USA) underwent screening. Ending the global tuberculosis epidemic requires improved screening.

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