Delays in suspicion and isolation among hospitalized persons with pulmonary tuberculosis at public and private US hospitals during 1996 to 1999

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 205-212

  Rozovsky Weinberger, Julia ^a   Parada, Jorge P ^b   Phan, Laura ^c   Droller, David G ^d   Deloria Knoll, Maria ^c   Chmiel, Joan S ^c   Bennett, Charles L ^e,f  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Broward General Medical Center   (United States)

^e Health Research and Policy Centers   (United States)

^f JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nosocomial outbreak of tuberculosis; Patterns of care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COUGHING; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGHT SWEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT ISOLATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13844320775     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.1.205     Document Type: Article

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