Screening for tuberculosis among homeless shelter staff

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• 作者：Simona Di Renzi ; MS^a ; Paola Tomao ; PhD^a ; ^{paola.tomao@ispesl.it} ; Agnese Martini ; MD^a ; Silvia Capanna ; MS^a ; Luca Rubino ; MD^b ; Wanda D'Amico ; MS^a ; Fabio Tomei ; MD^c ; Paolo Visca ; PhD^d ; Nicoletta Vonesch ; MS^a
• 关键词：Health care worker ; Occupational infection ; Tuberculin skin test ; Interferon-¦Ã assay
• 刊名：American Journal of Infection Control
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：June, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：40
• 期：5
• 页码：459-461
• 全文大小：114 K

文摘

The prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) among homeless shelter staff was assessed using the tuberculin skin test (TST) and the Quantiferon TB-Gold in tube interferon-¦Ã release assay (QFT-TB). Investigation of 51 participants for whom both QFT-TB and TST results were available showed 47.1 % and 43.1 % positivity, respectively, with excellent (92 % ) concordance between the 2 tests. The high risk for acquiring occupational TB necessitates the development of TB surveillance protocols for homeless shelter staff in Italy.