Effectiveness of a nosocomial tuberculosis control program at an urban teaching hospital

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1184-1189

  LoBue, Philip A ^a,b   Catanzaro, Antonino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Isoniazid prophylaxis; Nosocomial infection; Purified protein derivative; Screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SCREENING; SEROCONVERSION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031925426     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.5.1184     Document Type: Article

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