Epidemic of tuberculosis in a high school in Northern Sardinia

Alessandra Bua; Paola Molicotti; Anna Zanetti; Melania Ruggeri; Marina Cubeddu; Sara Cannas; Nanni Peana; Michela Sali; Giovanni Delogu; Stefania Zanetti

doi:10.1016/j.ijmyco.2012.07.003

Epidemic of tuberculosis in a high school in Northern Sardinia

Int J Mycobacteriol. 2012 Sep;1(3):161-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2012.07.003. Epub 2012 Aug 15.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100 Sassari, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/b, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
³ Public Health Service ASL N°1 of Sassari, Via Tarragona Alghero, Italy.
⁴ Institute of Microbiology, Catholic University of Rome, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 26787215
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2012.07.003

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission among high school student and teacher populations in a high school in Northern Sardinia. Tuberculin skin-test screening, chest-X-rays, QuantiFERON-TB Gold, microbiological examination, spoligotyping and variable numbers of tandem repeats (VNTR) analysis of M. tuberculosis isolates were performed. This study indicates the effectiveness of the epidemiological investigation.

Keywords: M. tuberculosis; QuantiFERON; Spoligotyping; Tuberculosis.