Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis associated with failed completion of treatment for latent tuberculosis infection Chickasaw County, Mississippi, June 1999-March 2002

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 222-224

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TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037459653     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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