A continuing outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, with transmission in a hospital nursery

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 303-307

  Nivin, Beth ^a   Nicholas, Peter ^b   Gayer, Mitchell ^b   Frieden, Thomas R ^b   Fujiwara, Paula I ^b  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031882583     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516296     Document Type: Article

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