Conversion Rate of Tuberculin Skin Test among Medical Students in Songklanagarind Hospital
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Evaluation of Tuberculin Skin Test Positivity and Early Tuberculin Conversion among Medical Intern Trainees in Tunisia
Background As healthcare workers (HCWs), medical trainees are at a high-risk for acquisition of tuberculosis (TB) infection and disease. To our knowledge, there are no published data about TB infection among medical trainees in Tunisia.To determine the tuberculin skin test (TST) positivity and tuberculin conversion among a group of medical trainees in different departments at our institution. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Bangkok Medical Journal
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2228-9674,2287-0237
DOI: 10.31524/bkkmedj.2018.09.004