| Real and apparent tuberculin skin test conversions in a group of medical students. | |
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PMID: 7983344 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate tuberculin skin test (TST) conversions among a group of medical students. DESIGN: Questionnaire sent to a medical school class in whom a cluster of TST conversions was noted, and interview and repeat TST of students with conversion. SETTING: County hospital and associated medical school. SUBJECTS: Medical students, after their third year in medical school. RESULTS: Of 165 students in the class, 115 (70%) responded; 10 reported TST conversions between the beginning of the third and the fourth year. Seven of 10 were interviewed, and all 10 were retested. Five students, all in a cohort who tested each other during a clinical clerkship with a tuberculin material previously reported to be associated with a high rate of false-positive TSTs, were TST negative on repeat. Five had persistently positive TSTs. One was exposed during a psychiatry clerkship to a resident with pulmonary tuberculosis. Four students appeared to have converted their TST during their third year in medical school. All four did their medicine clerkship at a large county hospital (P < 0.02; odds ratio = 16.4) that had few infection control measures in place for tuberculosis isolation during the time of their exposure. CONCLUSIONS: We recommend that medical students, as well as other healthcare professions students, be educated about infection control practices and skin tested at least annually during clinical training years. |
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Authors:
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R Wurtz; J Fernandez; B Jovanovic |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America Volume: 15 ISSN: 0899-823X ISO Abbreviation: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Publication Date: 1994 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1995-01-04 Completed Date: 1995-01-04 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8804099 Medline TA: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 516-9 Citation Subset: IM; N |
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Division of Infectious Disease, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL 60612. |
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Chicago Evaluation Studies as Topic Hospitals, University Humans Infection Control / standards* Interviews as Topic Questionnaires Schools, Medical Students, Medical / statistics & numerical data* Tuberculin Test* / statistics & numerical data |
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1994 Aug;15(8):510-2
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