[Analysis criteria's influence on incidence and factors associated tuberculin conversion in health care workers]

Med Clin (Barc). 2000 Apr 8;114(13):493-5.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Background: To know from two different criteria, CDC's and Spanish national consensus (NC), the tuberculin conversion rate and the factors associated to this phenomenon.

Patients and methods: A retrospective cohort study was designed over 475 health care workers. Risk factors were identified by using a Cox's proportional hazards model for each criteria.

Results: Not being vaccinated with BCG appears to be a risk factor in NC model 5.37 (CI 95%: 2.21-13.00) and does not in CDC. There was a difference of 45% between both incidence density rates.

Conclusions: We did not find a total concordance between the results from the two models.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • BCG Vaccine / pharmacology
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Health Personnel / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis / prevention & control
  • Vaccination

Substances

  • BCG Vaccine