Outcomes of annual tuberculosis screening by mantoux test in children considered to be at high risk: Results from one urban clinic

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 529-533

  Serwint, Janet R ^a,b   Hall, Barbara S ^a   Baldwin, Robert M ^a   Virden, Jane M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS CHILDREN S CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

children; disease; high risk; Mantoux; pediatrics; PPD; resident continuity clinic; screening; tuberculin skin test; tuberculosis infection; urban

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030961505     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.4.529     Document Type: Article

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