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In-hospital contact investigation among health care workers after exposure to smear-negative tuberculosis

Felix C Ringshausen1,2*, Stephan Schlösser3, Albert Nienhaus4, Anja Schablon4, Gerhard Schultze-Werninghaus1 and Gernot Rohde1

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1 Department of Medicine III – Pneumology, Allergology and Sleep Medicine, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany

2 Department of Medicine, Spital Bülach, Bülach, Switzerland

3 Department of Occupational Medicine, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany

4 Department of Occupational Health Research, Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in Health and Welfare Services, Hamburg, Germany

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Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2009, 4:11 doi:10.1186/1745-6673-4-11

Published: 8 June 2009

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Definition of the index case. The data provide radiological and microbiological details of the index patient

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Addendum methods section. The data provide details of the QFT-GIT processing and the questionnaire items

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Detailed description of the subject with indeterminate QFT-GIT result. The data provide clinical details of the subject with indeterminate IGRA result

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