Prevalence and associated risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection among undergraduate and postgraduate dental students: A retrospective study
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Prevalence and associated risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection among undergraduate and postgraduate dental students: A retrospective study. / Lamberti, Monica; Muoio, Maria Rosaria; Westermann, Claudia; Nienhaus, Albert; Arnese, Antonio; Ribeiro Sobrinho, Antônio Paulino; Di Giuseppe, Gabriella; Garzillo, Elpidio Maria; Crispino, Vincenzo; Coppola, Nicola; De Rosa, Alfredo.
In: ARCH ENVIRON OCCUP H, Vol. 72, No. 2, 04.03.2017, p. 99-105.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Prevalence and associated risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection among undergraduate and postgraduate dental students: A retrospective study
AU - Lamberti, Monica
AU - Muoio, Maria Rosaria
AU - Westermann, Claudia
AU - Nienhaus, Albert
AU - Arnese, Antonio
AU - Ribeiro Sobrinho, Antônio Paulino
AU - Di Giuseppe, Gabriella
AU - Garzillo, Elpidio Maria
AU - Crispino, Vincenzo
AU - Coppola, Nicola
AU - De Rosa, Alfredo
PY - 2017/3/4
Y1 - 2017/3/4
N2 - To estimate the prevalence of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) in Italian dental students exposed to the same occupational risks as dental health care personnel and to evaluate potential risk factors, a cross-sectional study was conducted on undergraduate and postgraduate students. After clinical evaluation, students were given a tuberculin skin test; in those found positive, an interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) was conducted. Of the 281 students enrolled, 10 were only TST positive; 8 were TST or/and IGRA positive. We found that participants testing positive at TST and/or IGRA, a group in which the risk of false LTBI positives is minimal, were older and had been studying longer. Although the prevalence of LTBI among dental students in our study was low, a risk of acquiring a work-related infection exists even in a country with a low incidence of TB. Thus, dental students should be screened to catch LTBI early on.
AB - To estimate the prevalence of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) in Italian dental students exposed to the same occupational risks as dental health care personnel and to evaluate potential risk factors, a cross-sectional study was conducted on undergraduate and postgraduate students. After clinical evaluation, students were given a tuberculin skin test; in those found positive, an interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) was conducted. Of the 281 students enrolled, 10 were only TST positive; 8 were TST or/and IGRA positive. We found that participants testing positive at TST and/or IGRA, a group in which the risk of false LTBI positives is minimal, were older and had been studying longer. Although the prevalence of LTBI among dental students in our study was low, a risk of acquiring a work-related infection exists even in a country with a low incidence of TB. Thus, dental students should be screened to catch LTBI early on.
U2 - 10.1080/19338244.2016.1167006
DO - 10.1080/19338244.2016.1167006
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 27018614
VL - 72
SP - 99
EP - 105
JO - ARCH ENVIRON OCCUP H
JF - ARCH ENVIRON OCCUP H
SN - 1933-8244
IS - 2
ER -