Tuberculin testing in hospital personnel
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 78 (3) , 325-329
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400056229
Abstract
SUMMARY: Tuberculin testing of 176 personnel in a Liverpool hospital showed a total incidence of 68 % negative reactors. This remarkably high percentage was similar for each of the various groups of workers tested. We did not find the Tine test to be a satisfactory method of screening for tuberculin sensitivity because 30% were doubtful reactors. In these, further tuberculin testing by the Mantoux reagent was always positive.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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