Tuberculosis screening in an aged care residential facility in a low-incidence setting

Authors

  • Nompilo Moyo Victorian Tuberculosis Program, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
  • James Trauer Victorian Tuberculosis Program, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia; School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Peter Trevan Victorian Tuberculosis Program, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
  • Ann-Marie Baker Victorian Tuberculosis Program, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
  • Joseph Musemburi
  • Kerry McGrath Victorian Tuberculosis Program, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
  • Aine Nolan Victorian Tuberculosis Program, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
  • Eamon McIntyre Victorian Tuberculosis Program, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
  • Jane Hulls Victorian Tuberculosis Program, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
  • Justin T Denholm Victorian Tuberculosis Program, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2017.41.30

Keywords:

latent tuberculous infection, contact tracing, interferon-gamma release assays, tuberculin skin test

Abstract

This is a retrospective cohort study of tuberculosis contact tracing and screening in an elderly residential facility in Victoria. In the absence of specific guidelines regarding an optimal test for this population, 18 residents were tested with both tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA), and all underwent symptom assessment and chest x-ray (CXR).

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01/09/17

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Moyo, Nompilo, James Trauer, Peter Trevan, Ann-Marie Baker, Joseph Musemburi, Kerry McGrath, Aine Nolan, Eamon McIntyre, Jane Hulls, and Justin T Denholm. 2017. “Tuberculosis Screening in an Aged Care Residential Facility in a Low-Incidence Setting”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 41 (September):209-11. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2017.41.30.

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