Infection and disease among household contacts of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 321-328

  Teixeira, L ^a   Perkins, M D ^a   Johnson, J L ^a   Keller, R ^a   Palaci, M ^a   Do Valle Dettoni, V ^a   Canedo Rocha, L M ^a   Debanne, S ^a   Talbot, E ^a   Dietze, R ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MDR TB; PPD; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MASS CHEST X-RAY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPUTUM; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035037145     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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