Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis outbreak among transvestite sex workers, Buenos Aires, Argentina

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1168-1170

  Palmero, Domingo ^a,c   Ritacco, V ^b   Ruano, S ^a   Ambroggi, M ^a   Cusmano, L ^a   Romano, M ^a   Bucci, Z ^a   Waisman, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Epidemic outbreak; Multidrug resistant tuberculosis; Transvestite

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEX; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSVESTISM; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; WESTERN BLOTTING; WORKER;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTITUTION; TRANSVESTISM; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 26444443400     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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