Efficacy of control measures in preventing nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis to patients and health care workers

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 90-95

  Maloney, Susan A ^b   Pearson, Michele L ^a   Gordon, Marcia T ^c   Del Castillo, Rachel ^c   Boyle, John F ^c   Jarvis, William R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CABRINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID; PENTAMIDINE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ROOM VENTILATION; SURGICAL MASK; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0028877715     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-122-2-199501150-00002     Document Type: Article

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