Latent Tuberculosis Screening Using Electronic Health Record Data

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jeffrey D. Jenks, Richard S. Garfein, Wenhong Zhu, Michael Hogarth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
latent tuberculosis infection
epidemiology
tuberculosis
screening
tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
respiratory infections
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/9/19-1391_article
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059

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