Prevalence of tuberculous infection and active tuberculosis in old age homes in Hong Kong

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1334-1340

  Chan Yeung, Moira ^a,e   Chan, Felix H W ^a   Cheung, Amy H K ^a   Dai, David L K ^b   Chu, Leung Wing ^a   Lam, Wah Kit ^a   Leung, Chi Chiu ^c   Kam, Kai Man ^d   Tam, Cheuk Ming ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Public Health Laboratory Centre   (Hong Kong)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^e QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Old age home; Tuberculin reaction; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33748432673     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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