Prevalence and predictors of positive tuberculin skin test results in a research laboratory
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Pilsczek, Florian H.; Kaufmann, Stefan H.E.
- Source
- Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. August 2008 41(4)
- Subject
- Latent tuberculosis
Prevalence
Risk factors
Research laboratory
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0037-8682
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 active tuberculosis.