Nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis to health care workers in mpumalanga

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1363-1366

  Bait, E ^a,b   Durrheim, D N ^a   Weyer, K ^b  

^a Department of Health Nelspruit ^*  (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031792934     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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