Prevalence and predictors of positive tuberculin skin test results in a research laboratory Prevalência e fatores preditores do teste cutâneo de tuberculina em um laboratório de pesquisa

Latent tuberculosis was studied in a research laboratory. A prevalence of positive tuberculin skin test results (> 15mm) of 20% was found and the main predictors were place of birth in a foreign country with high prevalence of tuberculosis and a history of contact with patients with untreated act...

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Main Authors: Florian H. Pilsczek, Stefan H.E. Kaufmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2008-08-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822008000400019

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