Do medical employees of the intensive and emergency care or surgery units get sick from tuberculosis more than the general population?

LIST OF SYTEMATIC REVIEWS
According to the methodology of the PEROSH Clearinghouse of Systematic Reviews

Number Reference Study grading* PubMed indexed for Medline (PMID)
1 Menzies D., Joshi R. &Pai M. (2007). Risk of tuberculosis infection and disease associated with work in health care settings. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 11(6):593-605. + PMID: 17519089
2 Joshi, R., Reingold, A. L., Menzies, D.& Pai, M. (2006). Tuberculosis among health-care workers in low- and middle income countries: A systemativ review. Plos Medicine, 3(12), 2376-2391. + PMID: 17194191
3 Seidler, A., Nienhaus, A.& Diel, R. (2005). Review of epidemiological studies on the occupational risk of tuberculosis in low-incidence areas. Respiration, International Review of Thoracic Diseases,72(4), 431-446. +  PMID: 16088290

* Study grading (according to the adopted SIGN Checklist for PEROSH Clearinghouse of Systematic Reviews):
++ All or most of the criteria have been fulfilled. Where they have not been fulfilled the conclusions of the study or review are thought very unlikely to alter.
+ Some of the criteria have been fulfilled. Those criteria that have not been fulfilled or not adequately described are thought unlikely to alter the conclusions.
– Few or no criteria fulfilled. The conclusions of the study are thought likely or very likely to alter.
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