The results of tuberculin skin test and the risk of tuberculosis in autopsy workers.

Objective: Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that arises due to M. tuberculosis complex and usually involves the lungs but can also affect other organs or organ systems. The number of people who died in Turkey was 210146 in 2006 and 0.11% (n=249) of them died because of pulmonary tuberculosis. During a...

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Published in:Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences Vol. 30; no. 6; pp. 1876 - 1884
Main Authors: Özsoy, Sait, Akar, Taner, Gümüs, Seyfettin, Hakan, Ahmet, Demirel, Birol, Safali, Mukerrem
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Turkiye Klinikleri Dec2010
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