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Could Mycobacterium leprae Infection Be an Occupational Disease? A Survey in Healthcare Workers From an Endemic Area in the Amazonian Region

Auteur         Sara Eleny Pacheco
Auteur         Samira Bührer-Sékula
Auteur         Rodrigo Scaliante de Moura
Auteur         Mariane Martins Stefani
Auteur         Maria Leide W. Oliveira
Auteur         Valeria Saraceni
Auteur         Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos
Volume         36
Numéro         12
Pages         1464-1466
Publication         Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
ISSN         1559-6834
Date         Dec 2015
Résumé         A serologic survey was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of Mycobacterium leprae infection among healthcare workers and associated factors. Of 280 workers, 26 (9.3%) were positive using immunoglobulin M serology for PGL-I M. leprae antigen. Exposure to leprosy patients in the workplace was significantly associated with seropositivity (P=.044).

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doi:10.1017/ice.2015.224

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