Traveller | Travel | IGRA (IU/ml) | TST (mm) | Follow-up at TB department | |||||||||||
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Age range (y) | BCG | Travel history | Reason | Destination | Duration (days) | Pre-travel | Post-travel | Interval return and IGRA (days) | Conversion | Pre-travel | Post-travel | Interval return and TST (days) | Conversion | ||
1 | 31-35 | no | Asia: 3w Latin America: 4w | non medical work | SE Asia | 365 | −0,05 | 1.15 | 29 | yes | nt | 8 | 39 | no | Volunteer work, non-medical. TST performed in 2000: 0 mm. Started preventive treatment 43 days post travel. |
2 | 26-30 | no | Africa: 1w | tourism | SE Asia | 172 | −0,03 | 0,56 | 25 | yes | nt | 2 | 37 | no | IGRA repeated 85 days post travel: 0.21 IU/ml. No preventive treatment was started. |
3 | 26-30 | no | no | non medical work | SE Asia | 150 | nt | −0,01 | 27 | no | 2 | 13 | 27 | yes | IGRA repeated 55 days post travel: 0.002 IU/ml. According to Dutch guidelines: no preventive treatment was started since IGRA was negative. |
4 | 41-45 | no | Asia: 3 mo Africa: 5 w | non medical work | SE Asia | 356 | nt | 0,02 | 28 | no | 2 | 15 | 112 | yes | No follow-up. |
5 | 18-20 | no | no | tourism | SE Asia/ East Asia | 93 | nt | 0,04 | 38 | no | 0 | 11 | 90 | yes | No follow-up IGRA. X-ray 94 days post travel showed no abnormalities; no preventive treatment. |
6 | 36-40 | no | Asia: 2 mo Latin America: 9 mo | tourism | South Asia | 180 | nt | −0,05 | 42 | no | 0 | 10 | 63 | yes | No follow-up. No preventive treatment. |
7 | 21-25 | no | Africa: 6 w | medical setting | Sub-Sahara Africa | 118 | nt | 0,11 | 18 | no | 0 | 10 | 79 | yes | Medical student in a hospital in East-Africa for 3 months. IGRA repeated 79 days post travel: 7.47 IU/ml; Preventive therapy was started. |
8 | 26-30 | no | Asia: 6 w Latin America: 5 mo | tourism | Central America | 147 | nt | −0,01 | 20 | no | nt | 18 | 20 | unknown | No IGRA follow-up. X thorax showed no abnormalities. No preventive treatment. (TST performed in 2007 was 6 mm). |
9 | 41-45 | no | Asia: 6 mo Africa: 1 mo | non medical work | sub-Sahara Africa | 242 | nt | −0,01 | 51 | no | nt | 11 | 51 | unknown | No follow-up. According to Dutch guidelines: no preventive treatment was started since IGRA was negative. |
10 | 21- 25 | no | Africa: 10 mo | tourism | Central America | 214 | nt | 0.00 | 21 | no | nt | 10 | 61 | unknown | Advised to have IGRA repeated but no compliance. |