Nosocomial outbreak of tuberculosis in an outpatient HIV treatment room

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 521-525

  Couldwell, Deborah L ^a,d   Dore, Gregory J ^a,b   Harkness, John L ^a   Marriott, Deborah J E ^a   Cooper, David A ^a,b   Edwards, Rosalind ^c   Li, Yueming ^b   Kaldor, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Nosocomial tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCREENING; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0030009612     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199605000-00011     Document Type: Article

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