A Study of Tuberculin Conversion and Prevalence of Tuberculosis Among Student Nurses

Lee, Woo Hyung; Sunwoo, Il Nam; Lee, Won Toung; Ham, Sung Sook; Kim, Ki Ho; Cho, Won Jung

doi:1976.23.4.204

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 23(4); 1976 > Article

Original Article

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1976;23(4):204-206.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1976.23.4.204 Published online December 1, 1976.

A Study of Tuberculin Conversion and Prevalence of Tuberculosis Among Student Nurses

Woo Hyung Lee¹, Il Nam Sunwoo¹, Won Toung Lee¹, Sung Sook Ham¹, Ki Ho Kim¹, Won Jung Cho²

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Public Health Nurse, College of Nursing, Yonsei University , Seoul, Korea

간호대학생의 결핵감염 및 이환에 관한 고찰

이우영¹, 선우일남¹, 이원영¹, 함성숙¹, 김기호¹, 조원정²

Abstract

Serial Tuberculin Tests had been made in student-nurses of CoIIege of Nursing, Yonsei University an<;l also serial radiological foIlow-up had been made. For two years, from April 1972 to April 1974, they were examined regularIy with interval of 6 months. 1) The positive skin test was noted in 253 students among 315 students. 2) Sixty two students with negative skin test had been foIIowed up with result of 28 recent converters in the first year, and 11 more converters in the second year, 3) Seven new pulmonary tuberculosis patients had been discovered through x-ray examination of the chest. AIl of them were already converted to positive at the begining of this study.