Occupational tuberculosis exposures and conversion rates can guide deimplementation of annual tuberculosis skin test screening

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Jan;42(1):123-124. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.205. Epub 2020 Jun 2.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States.
² Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia.
³ Division of Medical Practice, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 32484119
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.205

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Humans
Mass Screening
Occupational Exposure*
Tuberculin Test
Tuberculosis* / diagnosis
Tuberculosis* / epidemiology