Booster Effect of Two-Step Tuberculin Skin Testing Among Hospital Employees From Areas With a High Prevalence of Tuberculosis
- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 25 (12) , 1117-1120
- https://doi.org/10.1086/502355
Abstract
During a baseline survey of TST, 236 nurses underwent a two-step TST. Overall, 29 (12%) showed boosting. All age groups showed boosting; the rate was 9.7% in those younger than 35 years. Subjects older than 45 years were more likely to have a booster effect than younger individuals (29% vs 10.1%).Keywords
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