Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Page, E H
• Driscoll, R J
• Gibbins, J D

Titel

Evaluation of Results from Occupational Tuberculin Skin Tests - Mississippi, 2006

Ist Teil von

• MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2007, Vol.56 (50), p.1316

Ort / Verlag

Atlanta: U.S. Center for Disease Control

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In June 2006, the fire department had administered two-step tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) and determined that nine firefighters tested positive for tuberculosis infection. Page et al describe the results of that evaluation, which indicated that all nine firefighters had false-positive TST findings, likely caused by errors in interpretation of the test results. A CDC editorial note is also presented.