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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the hospital personnel completing the study

From: Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in healthcare workers at a hospital in Naples, Italy, a low-incidence country

 

n (%)a

Subjects completing the screeningb

558

Age, years (mean ± SD)

56.1 ± 8

Males

324 (58.2)

Work category

• medical staff

246 (44.1)

• nursing staff

274 (49.1)

• laboratory staff

25 (4.5)

• otherc

13 (2.3)

Workplace frequented

• medical wards

220 (39.4)

• surgical wards

171 (30.6)

• otherd

167 (30)

Years in employment (mean ± SD)

24.8 ± 9.8

TST as baseline examination

491 (88)

• positive

73 (14.8)

• negative

418 (85.2)

QTF as baseline examination

67 (12)

• positive

44 (65.7)

• negative

23 (34.3)

LTBIe

117 (20.9)

Active tuberculosis

0

  1. Abbreviations: TST tuberculin skin test, QTF QuantiFERON® TB-Gold assay, LTBI latent tuberculosis infection
  2. avalues expressed as absolute frequency (percentage), unless otherwise stated
  3. b28 subjects denied consent and 42 participants were absent during the TST reading window
  4. cphysiotherapists, orderlies, ambulance drivers, maintenance workers
  5. dintensive care, clinical pathology, occupational medicine, audiology, radiology, microbiology
  6. eas diagnosed for all individuals found positive at either TST or QFT