TY - JOUR AU - Arosio, Marco AU - Di Vito, Giovanni AU - Fornabaio, Chiara AU - Mattelli, Alberto AU - Riva, Michele A. AU - Tortoli, Enrico T1 - Mycobacterium tuberculosis in ospedale:
รจ patogeno nosocomiale? oppure occupazionale? PY - 2014 Y1 - 2014-01-01 DO - 10.1716/1422.15744 JO - GIMPIOS JA - Gimpios VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - 20 EP - 25 PB - Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore SN - 1122-407X Y2 - 2026/04/27 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1716/1422.15744 N2 - Tuberculosis is an emergency for public health, as well as an issue confined to working environments. For this reason, the health authorities draw up and regularly update guidelines of considerable scientific and practical value. Recent reports have shown tuberculosis as a nosocomial disease whose transmission can occur from healthcare environment to patient. With regard to healthcare workers, a recent literature review confirmed that the risk of latent TB infection and tuberculosis is greater in this category of workers than in the general population. The tools for risk reduction in nosocomial TB are based primarily on respiratory isolation measures. However such procedures require the rapid recognition of clinical suspicion. The microbiological diagnosis of tuberculosis is based on the detection of tubercular bacilli in clinical specimens. The research of these microorganisms can be done using microscopic and coltural examination as well as rapid molecular biology techniques. ER -