Contact tracing investigation after professional exposure to tuberculosis in a Swiss hospital using both tuberculin skin test and IGRA

Contact tracing investigation after professional exposure to tuberculosis in a Swiss hospital using both tuberculin skin test and IGRA

SETTING: A 950 bed teaching hospital in Switzerland. AIM: To describe the result of a contact investigation among health care workers (HCW) and patients after exposure to a physician with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in a hospital setting using standard tuberculin skin test...

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Main Authors: Carlo Balmelli, Frédéric Zysset, Alberto Pagnamenta, Patrick Francioli, Catherine Lazor-Blanchet, Giorgio Zanetti, Jean-Pierre Zellweger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW) 2014-08-01
Series:Swiss Medical Weekly
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
outbreak management
latent tuberculosis infection
Contact investigations
IGRAs
Online Access:https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/1897

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