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The aim is to evaluate the time of positive conversion after exposure to smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in a platoon of Korean military, a closed communal setting.
In a platoon where TB outbreak occurred, we performed low dose chest CT (LDCT), QuantiFERON-TB gold in tube (QFT) and two-step (0, 4weeks) TST for outbreak investigation. We perform QFT at 0, 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks after initial investigation for soldiers with negative QFT results, and soldiers with positive QFT and normal LDCT took isoniazid and rifampin for 3 months as treatment of latent TB.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| A platoon with TB outbreak |
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A military unit in South Korean Army
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Jae-Joon Yim, MD | Seoul National University Hospital | Principal Investigator |
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| ID | Term |
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| D014376 | Tuberculosis |
| ID | Term |
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| D009164 | Mycobacterium Infections |
| D000193 | Actinomycetales Infections |
| D016908 | Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections |
| D001424 | Bacterial Infections |
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| D001423 | Bacterial Infections and Mycoses |
| D007239 | Infections |