Tuberculosis transmission from a patient with skin lesions and a negative sputum smear [8]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 350, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 2527-2528

  Stout, Jason E ^a   Engemann, John J ^a   Hamilton, Carol D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN TEST; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOMA;

ADULT; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY;

EID: 2942528861     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200406103502423     Document Type: Letter

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