Occupational Exposure to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Occupational exposure to tuberculosis: risk and consequences.

tion, assessment, and refinement of practice pattern algorithms and studies defining cost-efficient, highquality care should be a rich field of endeavor. Addressing these issues offers a potential for forging a partnership between academicians and clinicians that can provide the practicing community a unique opportunity to participate in clinical research. The AIDS epidemic has already provided...

Occupational exposure to human Mycobacterium bovis infection: A systematic review

BACKGROUND Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) is the main causative agent of bovine zoonotic tuberculosis. The aim of this systematic review is to highlight the occupational exposure to bovine tuberculosis due to M. bovis. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS A computer based literature search was carried out to identify papers published between January 2006 and March 2017. "PubMed, Cochrane Library an...

OSHA enforcement policy and procedures for occupational exposure to tuberculosis.

Exposure of Dentists to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Ibadan, Nigeria

To determine the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among dental patients and to assess dentists' risk for exposure, we conducted a study among dental patients at a large tertiary hospital in Nigeria, a country where tuberculosis is endemic. Ten (13%) of 78 sputum samples obtained were positive for M. tuberculosis.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Genotype Resistance to Transient Rifampin Exposure

To the Editor: We read with interest the discussion between de Steenwinkel et al. and Werngren (1) regarding the high mutation frequencies de Steenwinkel et al. reported for some Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains (2). We investigated the effect of rifampin exposure on the growth of these strains in detail. We share Werngren’s surprise at the extraordinary mutation frequencies observed for the ...