A nosocomial outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-36

  Kenyon, Thomas A ^b   Ridzon, Renee ^a   Luskin Hawk, Roberta ^c   Schultz, Carol ^c   Paul, William S ^d   Valway, Sarah E ^a   Onorato, Ida M ^a   Castro, Kenneth ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF STATE   (United States)

^c Lakeshore Infectious Disease Associates   (United States)

^d Chicago Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030737733     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-1-199707010-00006     Document Type: Article

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