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Prevalence of TB in healthcare workers in south west London
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  1. T B L Ho1,
  2. C F J Raymer1,
  3. T Lindfield2,
  4. Y Young2,
  5. R J Whitfield3
  1. 1Chest Unit, St George’s Hospital, London SW17 0QT, UK
  2. 2South West London Health Protection Unit, London SW17 7DJ, UK
  3. 3Chest Clinic, Mayday University Hospital, Croydon CR7 7YE, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr T B L Ho
    Chest Unit, St George’s Hospital, London SW17 0QT, UK; timhodoctors.org.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2004.021683

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    In the UK, and London specifically, the rise in the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) has been ascribed to reactivation of latent disease and importation of infection from recent immigrants.1 The recent increase in the recruitment of healthcare workers from countries with a high prevalence of TB raises the possibility of healthcare workers being a significant source of disease. Previous estimates of TB infection among National Health Service (NHS) employees were calculated before the current levels of HIV infection and the mass migration of healthcare workers.2,3 The current number of healthcare workers with TB is unknown but an estimate of this would provide data on the risk that they pose for spreading TB infection.

    We conducted a retrospective interrogation of the local TB database (Integrated Tuberculosis Surveillance System, ITSS) for all healthcare workers notified in 2002. Their medical notes were then reviewed and a basic dataset was collated. A healthcare …

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      Please note that there is an error in the author listing, the correct list is shown here:

      T B L Ho, C F J Rayner, T Lindfield, Y Young, and R J Whitfield

      The error is much regretted.

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