Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission from a pediatrician to patients

Pediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-23

  Askew, George L ^a,d   Finelli, Lyn ^b   Hutton, Mary ^c   Laraque, Fabienne ^b   Porterfield, Debra ^c,e   Shilkret, Kenneth ^b   Valway, Sarah E ^c   Onorato, Ida ^c   Spitalny, Kenneth ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

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

^d Centers Dis Contr Prev Epidem I   (United States)

^e Centers Dis Contr Prev Div TB E

Author keywords

Pediatrician; Screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0030822811     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.100.1.19     Document Type: Article

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