Nosocomial transmission of a drug-sensitive W-variant Mυcobacterium tuberculosis strain among patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in Tennessee

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 635-639

  Haas, David W ^a,c   Milton, Scott ^a   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^b   Brinsko, Vicki L ^a   Bifani, Pablo J ^b   Schaffner, William ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; TENNESSEE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032159104     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141525     Document Type: Article

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