Investigation of patient contacts of heath care workers with infectious tuberculosis: 6 Cases in the Paris area

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 848-852

  Carbonne, Ann ^a   Poirier, C ^b,c   Antoniotti, G ^d   Burnat, C ^e   Delacourt, C ^f   Orzechowski, C ^g   Astagneau, P ^a   Bouvet, E ^a  

^a CCLIN Paris Nord   (France)

^b Service De Protection Maternelle Et Infantile   (France)

^c AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Générale De Santé   (France)

^e Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve Saint Georges   (France)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^g Hopital Saint Camille   (France)

Author keywords

Contacts; Health care workers; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARIS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 23744450930     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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