A small outbreak of pulmonary tuberculosis in non-close contact patrons of a bar

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-267

  Nakamura, Yoichi ^c   Obase, Yasushi ^c   Suyama, Naofumi ^a   Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu ^c   Ohno, Hideaki ^c   Oka, Mikio ^c   Takahashi, Mitsuyoshi ^b   Kohno, Shigeru ^c  

^a Nagasaki Municipal Medical Center   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact investigation; Outbreak; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SMOKING; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FATAL OUTCOME; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SMOKING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 1842844969     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.263     Document Type: Article

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