Determinants of Tuberculin Reactivity among Health Care Workers: Interpretation of Positivity following BCG Vaccination

Andrew Mckay; Allen Kraut; Carol Murdzak; Annalee Yassi

doi:10.1155/1999/749765

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1999)

Determinants of Tuberculin Reactivity among Health Care Workers: Interpretation of Positivity following BCG Vaccination

Andrew Mckay,
Allen Kraut,
Carol Murdzak,
Annalee Yassi

Affiliations

Andrew Mckay: Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Allen Kraut: Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Carol Murdzak: Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Annalee Yassi: Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1999/749765
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 2
pp. 134 – 139

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent to which a history of Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination influences the likelihood of positive tuberculin skin test (TST) results.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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