A Case Report of Occupational Middle Ear Tuberculosis in a Nurse

Because information on biological agents in the workplace is lacking, biological hazard analyses at the workplace to securely recognize the harmful factors with biological basis are desperately needed. This review concentrates on literatures published after 2010 that attempted to detect biological hazards to humans, especially workers, and the efforts to protect them against these factors. It is important to improve the current understanding of the health hazards caused by biological factors at the workplace. In addition, this review briefly describes these factors and provides some examples of their adverse health effects. It also reviews risk assessments, protection with personal protective equipment, prevention with training of workers, regulations, as well as vaccinations.

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“…The infection was caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis while she assisted in bronchoscopy. It was confirmed as an occupational disease [22].…”

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Biologically Hazardous Agents at Work and Efforts to Protect Workers' Health: A Review of Recent Reports

Rim

Lim

2014

Safety and Health at Work

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“…This infection is more frequent in women (1.36-fold) than in men, in medical doctors and paramedics (4.3-fold) than in the general population, and in people near affected patients or carriers [4,5] . Infection frequently reaches the tympanic cavity via the external auditory canal, or through rhinopharyngeal inspiration via the Eustachian tube, or hematogenous spread (79%) [6] .…”

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Chronic Tuberculous Otomastoiditis: A Case Report

Bruschini¹,

Ciabotti²,

Berrettini³

2016

Int Adv Otol

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Worldwide, tuberculosis is a widespread disease, with 8.7 million new cases occurring annually. Its etiologic agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, essentially causes pneumonia. However, this organism affects the middle ear in rare cases, accounting for 0.04-0.09% of all chronic middle ear otitis cases in Western countries. In this report, we describe the case of a young woman affected by tuberculosis of the middle ear. In our experience, empiric therapy was not beneficial. Adequate treatment was possible only after obtaining a specific diagnosis through a difficult process requiring surgical sampling for culture examination. We consider surgical sampling to be mandatory in all cases of chronic otitis media that do not respond to prolonged systemic and local therapies.

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“…Of course, there are sporadically occurrences of infection and contagion with medical personnel. So there was a case of rare middle ear tuberculosis caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis at Pulmology Department of Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka in 2010 which was recognized as a professional disease [10] .…”

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Importance of using micronucleus test for hospital personnel exposed to cytostatics – Croatian study

Lalić

2012

JHA

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Health personnel and administration is exposed to health risks. The paper's objective is to show that despite protection measures the exposed persons´ health is damaged. The government and management show intentions to enhance protection programs but they lack the means because of recession. Twenty-seven employees of Clinical Centre Rijeka working with cytostatics have been analyzed by micronucleus test. In 11 nurses at the Pediatric oncology, 10 nurses at Internal hematology and 6 at Oncology there have been no significant differences in micronucleus test (MN), p=0.2106, p>0.05, mean 10 MN, range 2-29. In one nurse from Pediatric oncology, four from internal hematology and two from Oncology differences from referential values in the number of MN/1000 binuclear cells were found and they were not allowed to work for six months. Occupational medicine has done its part for the hospital. Meanwhile the problem of payment according to the Rules guaranteeing special standard remains as MN test although compulsory is not a part of routine examination.

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A Case Report of Occupational Middle Ear Tuberculosis in a Nurse

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Biologically Hazardous Agents at Work and Efforts to Protect Workers' Health: A Review of Recent Reports

Biologically Hazardous Agents at Work and Efforts to Protect Workers' Health: A Review of Recent Reports

Chronic Tuberculous Otomastoiditis: A Case Report

Importance of using micronucleus test for hospital personnel exposed to cytostatics – Croatian study

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