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Five-year prospective study of tuberculin skin testing among new healthcare personnel at a university hospital in Thailand

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2012-02-01

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15322939
01956701

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10.1016/j.jhin.2011.11.017

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2-s2.0-84856020120

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Mahidol University

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Journal of Hospital Infection. Vol.80, No.2 (2012), 173-175

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S. Kiertiburanakul, S. Suebsing, P. Kehachindawat, S. Apivanich, S. Somsakul, B. Sathapatayavongs, K. Malathum Five-year prospective study of tuberculin skin testing among new healthcare personnel at a university hospital in Thailand. Journal of Hospital Infection. Vol.80, No.2 (2012), 173-175. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2011.11.017 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/14986

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Five-year prospective study of tuberculin skin testing among new healthcare personnel at a university hospital in Thailand

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S. Kiertiburanakul
 S. Suebsing
 P. Kehachindawat
 S. Apivanich
 S. Somsakul
 B. Sathapatayavongs
 K. Malathum

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Mahidol University

Abstract

We determined the prevalence of a positive tuberculin skin test (TST) and the incidence of TST conversion among new healthcare personnel (HCP) in a hospital in Thailand. During 2005-2008, TST was performed on 1438 HCP and the prevalence of positive TST was 66.3%. Age, male gender, and the presence of Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) scar were associated with odds of positive TST (all P < 0.05). The incidence of TST conversion was 4.8 per 100 HCP-years. Nine (0.6%) HCP were diagnosed with active tuberculosis. The annual surveillance programme is important for the early diagnosis and prevention of tuberculosis among HCP in Thailand. © 2011 The Healthcare Infection Society.

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Medicine

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