Re-emergence of tuberculosis and its variants: Implications for dentistry

International Dental Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 330-336

  Samaranayake, Lakshman P ^a,b  

^a University of Hong Kong ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dentistry; DOTS; Emerging diseases; MDR TB; MOTT; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; DENTIST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DENTISTS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, ORAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036778308     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1875-595X.2002.tb00880.x     Document Type: Article

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