Positive tuberculin skin test reactions among house staff at a public hospital in the era of resurgent tuberculosis

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-12

  Cocchiarella, Linda A ^a   Cohen, Robert A C ^b   Conroy, Lorraine ^c   Wurtz, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROOM VENTILATION; SURGICAL MASK; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0030065522     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(96)90047-4     Document Type: Article

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