Long-term occupational risk of latent tuberculosis infection in Hamburg, Germany: Findings from a 13-year prospective observational study
Working in a health-care facility overall was associated with a lower LTBI risk compared to other risk factors. These findings suggest that protective measures might be particularly effective in hospital and geriatric nursing, while no risk reduction was evident for other HCW subgroups. Continued targeted protective measures remain important in high-risk care environments and support the relevance of recommendations issued (and last updated 2023) by the German Central Committee against Tuberculosis (DZK).
Authors
- Matthias I. Gröschel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2509-3034)
- Albert Nienhaus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1881-7302)
- Roland Diel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8304-7709)
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Berufsgenossenschaft für Gesundheitsdienst und Wohlfahrtspflege (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- German Center for Infection Research (DE)
- German Center for Lung Research (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
- Published
- 2025-08-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jctube.2025.100558
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00