Occupational screening for tuberculosis and the use of a borderline zone for interpretation of the IGRA in German healthcare workers.

Healthcare workers (HCWs) in low incidence countries with contact to patients with tuberculosis (TB) are considered a high-risk group for latent TB infection (LTBI) and therefore are routinely screened for LTBI. The German Occupational TB Network data is analyzed in order to estimate the prevalence...

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Main Authors: Anja Schablon, Albert Nienhaus, Felix C Ringshausen, Alexandra M Preisser, Claudia Peters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4277296?pdf=render