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Prevalence of Tuberculin Reactivity Among Healthcare Workers from a Mexican Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Julio Molina-Gamboa ,
Irma Fivera-Morales  and
Samuel Ponce-de-Leon-Rosales
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Abstract:

The prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) infection in healthcare workers (HCWs) is completely unknown in Mexico. To evaluate the frequency of TB infection in our hospital, we performed a prevalence study of tuberculin reactivity among a random sample of asymptomatic HCWs. Our results showed an extremely high prevalence of PPD reactivity (70%) among 175 HCWs, probably related to the high incidence of active TB in the general population and to the absence of preventive programs.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 15 , Issue 5 , May 1994 , pp. 319 - 320
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1994

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