Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Tuberculin skin test conversion among health sciences students: A retrospective cohort study

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dc.contributor.author Pérez-Lu, José E.
dc.contributor.author Cárcamo Cavagnaro, César Paul Eugenio
dc.contributor.author Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet
dc.contributor.author Bussalleu Rivera, Alejandro Joaquin
dc.contributor.author Bernabé Ortiz, Antonio
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-04T20:33:21Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-04T20:33:21Z
dc.date.issued 2013
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/10789
dc.description.abstract Previous studies have reported that health sciences students are at greater risk for tuberculosis infection, especially in developing countries. The Objetive: of this study was to estimate the prevalence, incidence, and factors associated with latent tuberculosis infection among Health Sciences students in Peru. Students enrolled at private university (in Lima – Peru) are tested annually for tuberculosis infection by tuberculin skin test. Data on tuberculin skin test results between 2002 and 2009 was used in this retrospective cohort study, a total of 4842 students were included. Tuberculin skin test conversion was defined as the change of tuberculin skin test from negative (<10 mm) to positive (≥10 mm) after 48–72 h of inoculation. Baseline tuberculin skin test positivity was 1.0% (95%CI: 0.6%–1.3%), whereas tuberculin skin test conversion incidence was 12.4 per 100 person-years (95%CI: 11.8–13.0). This study showed that students from clinical careers in close contact with patients had an increased risk of tuberculosis infection in the internship, especially Medicine, Dentistry, Medical Technology and Nursing. Administrative, environmental and personal protection measures should be implemented and evaluated periodically in order to reduce the risk of exposure. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseries Tuberculosis
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Tuberculosis en_US
dc.subject Undergraduate students en_US
dc.subject Health occupations en_US
dc.subject Tuberculin test en_US
dc.subject Infection en_US
dc.subject Transmission en_US
dc.title Tuberculin skin test conversion among health sciences students: A retrospective cohort study en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2012.10.001
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.08
dc.relation.issn 1873-281X


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