The incidence of tuberculosis in drug users with small tuberculin reaction sizes

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 707-711

  Klein, R S ^a   Gourevitch, M N ^a   Teeter, R ^a   Schoenbaum, E E ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug users; Skin tests; Tuberculin testing; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLONAL ANERGY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034899372     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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