Mycobacterium tuberculosis latent infection in healthcare students: systematic review of prevalence.
Renata Silva de LimaRodrigo Nogueira da SilvaSuzana Rosa AndréAna Kedma Correa PinheiroAna Inês SousaIngrid Fabiane Santos da SilvaJuliano Dos SantosLaura Maria Vidal NogueiraRegina Célia Gollner ZeitounePublished in: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P (2024)
The prevalence of LTBI in undergraduate health students was high for such a highly educated population. Screening with TST and/or IGRA and chemoprophylaxis, when necessary, should be provided to undergraduate health students when in contact with respiratory symptomatic patients.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- systematic review
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- high school
- public health
- end stage renal disease
- risk factors
- mental health
- health information
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- medical education
- prognostic factors
- meta analyses
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- climate change
- respiratory tract