Tuberculosis Risk among Medical Trainees, Pune, India.

Basavaraj, Anita; Chandanwale, Ajay; Patil, Akhil; Kadam, Dileep; Joshi, Samir; Gupte, Nikhil; McIntire, Katie; Jain, Divyashri; Dalal, Hamza; Badave, Rohan; DeLuca, Andrea; Gupta, Amita; Bollinger, Robert; Mave, Vidya

Basavaraj, Anita; Chandanwale, Ajay; Patil, Akhil; Kadam, Dileep; Joshi, Samir; Gupte, Nikhil; McIntire, Katie; Jain, Divyashri; Dalal, Hamza; Badave, Rohan; DeLuca, Andrea; Gupta, Amita; Bollinger, Robert; Mave, Vidya.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 22(3): 541-3, 2016 Mar.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26889712

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

During 2012-2013, at a public hospital in Pune, India, 26 (3.9%) cases of tuberculosis were reported among 662 medical trainees, representing an estimated incidence of 3,279 cases/100,000 person-years. Three of these infections were isoniazid-resistant, 1 was multidrug-resistant, and 1 occurred in a trainee who had fulminant hepatitis after starting treatment for TB.

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Health Personnel; Tuberculosis/epidemiology; Antitubercular Agents/pharmacology; Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use; Humans; Incidence; India/epidemiology; Prevalence; Risk; Tuberculosis/drug therapy; Tuberculosis/microbiology; Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant/drug therapy; Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant/epidemiology; Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant/microbiology

Key words

India; TB; healthcare workers; medical trainees; occupational diseases; respiratory infections; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Tuberculosis / Health Personnel Type of study: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: Emerg Infect Dis Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2016 Type: Article

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