Tuberculosis outbreak investigation of a U.S. Navy amphibious ship crew and the marine expeditionary unit aboard, 1998

Military Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 523-527

  LaMar II, James E ^a   Malakooti, Mark A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NAVY; NONHUMAN; SKIN TEST; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038710536     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/168.7.523     Document Type: Article

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