Outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis at a methadone treatment program

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-64

  Conover, C ^a   Ridzon, R ^a   Valway, S ^a   Schoenstadt, L ^a   McAuley, J ^a   Onorato, I ^a   Paul, W ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Methadone; Multidrug resistant tuberculosis; Outbreak; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; METHADONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0035029713     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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