Management and outcome of tuberculosis in two St Louis hospitals, 1988 to 1994

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 836-841

  L'Ecuyer, Paul B ^a   Woeltje, Keith F ^a   Seiler, Sondra M ^a   Fraser, Victoria J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PATIENT ISOLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032196554     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141561     Document Type: Article

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