- ►annals.org TC Bailey, VJ Fraser, EL Spitznagel, WC … - Annals of internal medicine, 1995 - Am Coll Physicians Results: 684 of 6070 employees screened (11.3% [95% CI, 10.4% to 12.1%]) had
positive tuberculin skin tests. Factors associated with a positive result were
age (odds ratio, 2.02 per decade [CI, 1.87 to 2.18]; P < 0.0001); black ... Cited by 56 - Related articles - All 3 versions
- ►atsjournals.org J Louther, P Rivera, J Feldman, N Villa, J … - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 1997 - Am Thoracic Soc Concern about the risk to health care workers of occupationally acquired
tuberculosis has resulted in extensive and frequently revised guidelines from
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Most recent studies, ... Cited by 47 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►ajph.org [PDF] J Berman, ML Levin, ST Orr, L Desi - American Journal of Public Health, 1981 - Am Public Health Assoc Abstract: This study of hospital employee tuber- culin conversion rates was
undertaken in a 516-bed urban general hospital to determine if employment in
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VJ Fraser, CM Kilo, TC Bailey, G Medoff, WC … - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 1994 - jstor.org OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of tuberculous infection among a sample
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KA Sepkowitz - Clinical infectious diseases, 1995 - jstor.org The combination of tuberculosis and infection with the human immunodeficiency
virus type-1 (HIV-1) poses an increased hazard to health care workers. In this
AIDS Commentary, Dr. Kent Sepkowitz of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer ... Cited by 77 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
B Pleszewski, JM FitzGerald - The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung …, 1998 - ingentaconnect.com OBJECTIVES: To compare the clinical features and prev- alence of active TB in
British Columbia (BC) health-care workers (HCWs) with those of the general
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B Kreiswirth, LW Riley, MY Stoeckle - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1995 - jstor.org Cases of tuberculosis identified during 1992-1994 through an active tuberculosis
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KA Sepkowitz - Annals of internal medicine, 1994 - Am Coll Physicians Many hospital outbreaks of tuberculosis have occurred in recent years in the
United States, resulting in tuberculosis infection and disease among health care
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SB Markowitz - Occupational medicine (Philadelphia, Pa.) - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov The author explores factors such as poor environmental, hygienic, and infection
controls for the excessive conversion rates found among health care workers in
numerous studies. In his in-depth discussion, Dr. Markowitz reviews the ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - BL Direct
HM Blumberg, M Sotir, M Erwin, R Bachman, … - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1998 - UChicago Press Page 1. 826 Risk of House Staff Tuberculin Skin Test Conversion in an Area with
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