Latent Tuberculosis Screening Using Electronic Health Record Data

Abstract

Screening for latent tuberculosis infection is recommended for foreign-born persons in the United States. We used proxy data from electronic health records to determine that 17.5% of foreign-born outpatients attending the UC San Diego Health clinic (San Diego, CA, USA) underwent screening. Ending the global tuberculosis epidemic requires improved screening.

Keywords

• latent tuberculosis infection
• epidemiology
• tuberculosis
• screening
• tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
• respiratory infections