Pseudo-outbreak of tuberculosis infection due to improper skin-test reading

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1235-1236

  Weinbaum, Cindy M ^a   Bodnar, Ulana R ^a   Schulte, Joann ^a   Atkinson, Bennett ^a   Morgan, Mona T ^a   Caliper, Terry E ^a   Valway, Sarah ^a   Onorato, Ida ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031900713     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598354     Document Type: Article

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