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Quantiferon TB Gold conversion in the medical staff caring to COVID-19 patients

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Infectious diseases

Abstract

Background:  Tuberculosis constitutes a worldwide problem in relation to its morbidity and mortality. The exposure to tuberculosis patients constituted a significant occupational exposure for healthcare workers. During the pandemic of COVID-19, the incidence of tuberculosis was reduced probably related to the high priority to provide care during the pandemic. Cases of health workers who after several months of caring for COVID-19 patients have had seroconversion of QuantiFERON TB gold (QFT) were described. The initial QTF test was performed in April 2020 (before providing care to COVID-19 cases), and a positive test was reported in August and December 2020 for the reported cases. The exposure to patients from countries with high incidence tuberculosis during the pandemic constituted the most probable source of infection. Also, the limited tuberculosis screening in patients and the staff's adherence to infection prevention practices among other factors will explain these findings, which will require strategies to prevent occupational exposure during the influx of communicable diseases to healthcare services.

DOI

10.21608/mid.2023.202922.1495

Keywords

COVID-19, latent tuberculosis, Healthcare worker, prevention

Authors

First Name

Humberto

Last Name

Guanche Garcell

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Hospital Joaquin Albarran, Cuba

Email

guanche@infomed.sld.cu

City

La Habana

Orcid

0000-0001-7279-0062

First Name

Reinaldo

Last Name

Barban Arias

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Hospital Giraldo Aponte Fonseca, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Email

rbarban@hamad.qa

City

Cuba

Orcid

0000-0001-7279-0062

First Name

Eduardo

Last Name

Crespo Ramirez

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Hospital Comandante Pinares, Cuba

Email

ecrespo2@hamad.qa

City

Cuba

Orcid

0000-0003-1446-1230

Volume

4

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

42578

Issue Date

2023-08-01

Receive Date

2023-03-29

Publish Date

2023-08-01

Page Start

724

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Print ISSN

2682-4132

Online ISSN

2682-4140

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3

Type

Short Reports (case reports)

Type Code

1,159

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Microbes and Infectious Diseases

Publication Link

https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Quantiferon TB Gold conversion in the medical staff caring to COVID-19 patients

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Article

Created At

25 Dec 2024