Tuberculosis among adult visitors of children with suspected tuberculosis and employees at a children’s hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 568-572

  Muñoz, Flor M ^a   Ong, Lydia T ^a   Seavy, Diane ^b   Medina, Denise ^b   Correa, Armando ^a,b   Starke, Jeffrey R ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH VISITOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0036793419     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0195941700081352     Document Type: Article

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