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Current Approach to Latent Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment among Medical Center Occupational Health Physicians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Christopher Vinnard ,
Darren Linkin  and
Amy Behrman
Christopher Vinnard*
Affiliation:
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Darren Linkin
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Amy Behrman
Affiliation:
Division of Occupational Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*
Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, 245 North 15th Street, MS 461, New College Building 6314, Philadelphia, PA 19102 (christopher.vinnard@drexelmed.edu)
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Abstract

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We surveyed physicians in a national occupational medicine society regarding diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in healthcare workers. Most respondents used a combination of skin testing and interferon gamma release assays. Respondents integrating interferon gamma release assays into screening placed greater importance on employee acceptability and convenience.

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Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 12 , December 2012 , pp. 1262 - 1265
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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