Tuberculosis Risk among Medical Trainees, Pune, India

Tuberculosis Risk among Medical Trainees, Pune, India

During 2012–2013, at a public hospital in Pune, India, 26 (3.9%) cases of tuberculosis were reported among 662 medical trainees, representing an estimated incidence of 3,279 cases/100,000 person-years. Three of these infections were isoniazid-resistant, 1 was multidrug-resistant, and 1 occurred in a...

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Main Authors: Anita Basavaraj, Ajay Chandanwale, Akhil Patil, Dileep Kadam, Samir Joshi, Nikhil Gupte, Katie McIntire, Divyashri Jain, Hamza Dalal, Rohan Badave, Andrea DeLuca, Amita Gupta, Robert Bollinger, Vidya Mave
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
healthcare workers
medical trainees
occupational diseases
India
respiratory infections
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/3/15-1673_article

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