Pseudo-outbreak of tuberculosis in poultry plant workers, Sussex County, Delaware

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1169-1172

  Kim, Dennis Y ^a,c   Ridzon, Renee ^a,d   Giles, Beverly ^b   Mireles, Teresa ^b  

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

^b Delaware Division of Public Health   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; DELAWARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; MEXICO; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POULTRY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036919491     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200212000-00011     Document Type: Article

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