Delays in diagnosis and treatment of smear-positive tuberculosis and the incidence of tuberculosis in hospital nurses in Blantyre, Malawi

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-17

  Harries, A D ^a   Kamenya, A ^a   Namarika, D ^a   Msolomba, I W ^a   Salaniponi, F M ^b   Nyangulu, D S ^b   Nunn, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nosocomial infection; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTPATIENT CARE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0031052805     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90376-X     Document Type: Article

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