Ten-year follow-up study of hepatitis B virus infection and vaccination status in hospital employees.

We sought to determine the incidence of infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) amongst hospital employees over a 10-year period and to assess the extent and efficacy of vaccination against HBV in this population. In 1984 a cohort of 301 hospital employees was tested for hepatitis B surface antibody (anti HBs), hepatitis B core antibody (anti HBc), and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Ten years later, 160 (53%) of these workers remained at the hospital and were re-tested.

Emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Jerusalem: ten-year retrospective review.

Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) has emerged as a worldwide problem. The annual incidence of TB has increased in Israel in the last decade, mainly due to successive waves of immigration. Few data are available on drug-resistant TB in Israel A 10-year retrospective review was conducted on all patients who had been infected with culture-proven Mycobacterium tuberculosis and had been admitted to our hospital.