Notification of tuberculosis in a university hospital

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 339-342

  Denic, Ljiljana ^a   Lucet, Jean Christophe ^a   Pierre, Josiane ^a   Deblangy, Claude ^a   Kosmann, Marie Jeanne ^a   Carbonne, Anne ^a   Bouvet, Elisabeth ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Notification; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FRANCE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031863455     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007457523455     Document Type: Article

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