Management of health care workers after inadvertent exposure to tuberculosis: A guide for the use of preventive therapy

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 906-912

  Stead, William W ^a,b  

^a ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Arkansas Department of Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROCONVERSION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029007572     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-122-12-199506150-00003     Document Type: Article

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