Kekkaku : [Tuberculosis]
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Kekkaku : [Tuberculosis] · Jul 2013
[Clinical factors of pulmonary tuberculosis in non-tuberculosis wards and its incidence among contact patients and healthcare workers in our hospital using QuantiFERON GOLD testing].
In our hospital, we analyzed the clinical factors of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) diagnosed in non-TB wards and the incidence of TB infection among contact patients and healthcare workers (HCWs) using QuantiFERON-TB GOLD (QFT) testing. ⋯ We suspected pulmonary aspergillosis or old TB when presented with cases with a history of TB. Moreover, we believe that the periods from admission to diagnosis were delayed when the first acid-fast bacterial sputum examination was negative or showed non-tuberculous mycobacteria.