Delay in the diagnosis and treatment of hospitalized patients with tuberculosis [2];Retraso en el diagnóstico y tratamiento de pacientes hospitalizados con tuberculosis

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-60

  Mostaza, José Luis ^a   Bahamonde, Alberto ^a  

^a HOSPITAL EL BIERZO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1642362363     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13056695     Document Type: Letter

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