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Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Healthcare Students and Postgraduates in a Mediterranean Italian Area: What Correlation with Work Exposure?

2019

Background: Tuberculosis screening is part of the standard protocol for evaluating the risk of infection in healthcare workers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among students attending various healthcare profession degree courses and postgraduate medical courses at the School of Medicine of the University of Palermo, Italy, and assess the possible professional origin of infection. Methods: In total, 2946 students (2082 undergraduates and 864 postgraduates) took part in a screening program for LTBI between January 2014 to April 2019 using the tuberculin skin test (TST). Students with a positive TST result underwent a Quantiferon-TB…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyStudents MedicalSettore MED/17 - Malattie InfettiveHealth PersonnelHealth Toxicology and MutagenesiseducationTuberculinlcsh:MedicineArticlemedical and nursing studentsYoung Adult03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinelatent tb infectionLatent TuberculosisOccupational ExposureHealth carePrevalencequantiferon-tb testHumansMedicine030212 general & internal medicinemedical and nursing student0303 health sciencesLatent tuberculosisMediterranean Region030306 microbiologybusiness.industryRisk of infectionSettore MED/44 - Medicina Del LavoroRacial Groupslcsh:RPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthSkin testmedicine.diseasebacterial infections and mycosesmantoux skin testTest (assessment)Work exposureItalyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Family medicineoccupational biohazardFemaleStudents NursingbusinessInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Prevalencia y riesgo anual de infección tuberculosa en adolescentes de 12 a 16 años de la ciudad de Valencia. Utilidad de los nuevos métodos de inmun…

2015

INTRODUCCIÓN: La tuberculosis (TB) es un problema de salud pública, por su gran incidencia, prevalencia y mortalidad. Por ello es importante crear estrategias de control de la enfermedad, y hacer un correcto diagnóstico y tratamiento de la infección. Los países con peor infraestructura sanitaria y más pobreza, concentran más casos. Sin embargo, España tiene mayor incidencia de la esperada para su nivel de desarrollo. La evolución de las tasas en la Comunidad Valenciana, es similar a las globales de España, pero en los últimos años ha habido un aumento del número de casos en extranjeros, coincidiendo con el incremento de la inmigración. La prueba de la tuberculina (PT) se utiliza para el dia…

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Latent tubercolosis infection in patients with cronic plaque psoriasis: evidence from the Italian Psocare Registry

2015

SummaryBackground The nationwide prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in Italian patients with psoriasis has never been investigated. Objectives To estimate the nationwide prevalence of LTBI in Italian patients with psoriasis who are candidates for systemic treatment. Methods Data were obtained from the Psocare Registry on those patients (n = 4946) with age > 18 years, systemic treatment at entry specified and tuberculin skin test (TST) performed according to the Mantoux method. LTBI diagnosis was based on a positive TST result in the absence of any clinical, radiological or microbiological evidence of active tuberculosis. Results Latent tuberculosis infection was diagnosed in…

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