1. Healthy Healthcare worker who has no underlying disease 2. Has a history of direct contact with the patient Healthy Healthcare worker Latent TB IP10
Conditions
Interventions
Latent tuberculosis in healthcare worker determine by blood IGRA positive
Blood samples were collected from all participants on Day 1 to perform IGRA and IP-10 testing, and the correlation between I
Diagnostic
Latent tuberculosis
Sponsors
Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 90 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Healthy Healthcare worker who has no underlying disease 2. Has a history of direct contact with the patient
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. The cases with clues that are compatible with active pulmonary TB, e.g.: i. Symptoms suggestive of pulmonary TB (hemoptysis, chronic cough for more than 2 weeks, fever, and weight loss) ii. Sputum AFB or culture positive at least once iii. Chest radiograph is compatible with pulmonary TB 2. Case which was previously diagnosed and treated as pulmonary TB 3. Immunocompromised status, for example, during chemotherapy, immunosuppressive agent, underlying disease of immunodeficiency, or malignancy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| latent tuberculosis 1 week after blood test High inducible protein 10 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| N/A N/A N/A | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public Contactwarangkana keeratichananont
Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University
Outcome results
None listed