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Tuberculosis
Studies from Tri-Service General Hospital, Medical Department have provided new data on tuberculosis
June 3rd, 2008
According to a study from Taipei, Taiwan, "The purpose of this study was to investigate an outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in a bacillus Calmette-Guerin-vaccinated military population and propose an appropriate method of control. We divided 593 subjects into ''close contacts'' and ''non-close contacts'' of an index case and examined all subjects by chest X-radiography (CXR)." "For ''close contacts,'' we performed several tests for patients with abnormal CXRs. ''Non-close contacts'' had no pulmonary infiltration and no evidence of TB. We administered tuberculin skin tests (TST) to 21 ''close contacts'' who had pulmonary infiltrations. Seven patients had a TST >= 8 mm,...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-03)
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