Exogenous Reinfection with Tuberculosis in a Shelter for the Homeless

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 315, Issue 25, 1986, Pages 1570-1575

  Nardell, E ^a,b,c,d,e   McInnis, B ^a,b,c,d,e   Thomas, B ^a,b,c,d,e   Weidhaas, S ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Department of Health and Hospitals ^*  (Jamaica)

^e Center for Laboratories and Communicable Disease Control ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; STREPTOMYCIN;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDOGENOUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0022878041     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198612183152502     Document Type: Article

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