Prevalent and incident latent tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers in Taiwan: A multi-center observational study
More advanced age, health professionals, and working in ICUs were independent factors associated with prevalent LTBI. Most healthcare workers with incident LTBI cases had TB contacts without wearing N95 masks.
Authors
- Chin‐Chung Shu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0311-5148)
- Chang-Ching Lee
- Jia‐Yih Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8840-8112)
- Sheng‐Wei Pan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7400-6996)
- Shu‐Min Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0834-564X)
- Yuh‐Min Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0585-8463)
- Jhong-Ru Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3820-6966)
- Chia-Ju Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8226-4678)
- Susan Shin-Jung Lee
- Tsai-Yu Wang
Institutions
- National Sun Yat-sen University (TW)
- Chang Gung University (TW)
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TW)
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital (TW)
- Chia-Yi Christian Hospital (TW)
- Taichung Hospital (TW)
- National Taiwan University Hospital (TW)
- Chest Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare (TW)
- National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection
- Published
- 2025-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmii.2025.11.006
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40