Prevalencia de infección tuberculosa latente en trabajadores de salud de establecimientos del primer nivel de atención. Lima, Perú

Mirtha Gabriela Soto Cabezas; Cesar Vladimir Munayco Escate; Jaime Chávez Herrera; Sonia Llanet López Romero; David Moore

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2017.344.3035

Prevalencia de infección tuberculosa latente en trabajadores de salud de establecimientos del primer nivel de atención. Lima, Perú

Translated title of the contribution: Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in health workers from primary health care centers in Lima, Peru

Mirtha Gabriela Soto Cabezas
, Cesar Vladimir Munayco Escate
, Jaime Chávez Herrera
, Sonia Llanet López Romero
, David Moore

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Abstract

To evaluate the risk of tuberculosis (TB) infection, the General Directorate of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health developed a sentinel surveillance system in health centers located in the Constitutional Province of Callao. This surveillance system included the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTI) using interferon gamma release assays. The objective of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of LTI in health workers in a region with a high burden of TB. The prevalence of LTI in health workers was 56%. The prevalence of LTI was 63% in workers with more than 10 years of service and 58–60% in workers with more than 35 years of service. The prevalence of LTI in health workers from primary health care centers was high, and longer service time was one of the main risk factors.

Translated title of the contribution	Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in health workers from primary health care centers in Lima, Peru
Original language	Spanish
Pages (from-to)	649-654
Number of pages	6
Journal	Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
Volume	34
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2017.344.3035
State	Published - 1 Oct 2017
Externally published	Yes

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