Use of DNA fingerprinting to assess tuberculosis infection control

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 856-861

  French, Audrey L ^a   Welbel, Sharon F ^a   Dietrich, Stephen E ^b   Mosher, Laura B ^b   Breall, Phyllis S ^c   Paul, William S ^d   Kocka, Frank E ^e   Weinstein, Robert A ^a  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^c Metro Infectious Diseases Consultants   (United States)

^d CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0032401733     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-11_part_1-199812010-00003     Document Type: Article

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