Tuberculin skin testing of hospitalized patients

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 561-565

  Woeltje, Keith F ^a   Kilo, Charles M ^a   Johnson, Krista ^a   Primack, Jonathon ^a   Fraser, Victoria J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031201155     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141266     Document Type: Article

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