Nosocomial Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Subsequent Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in a Healthcare Worker

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 422-423

  Ridzon, Renée ^a   Kenyon, Thomas ^b   Luskin Hawk, Roberta ^b   Schultz, Carol ^b   Valway, Sarah ^b   Onorato, Ida M ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031154192     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141250     Document Type: Article

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