An outbreak of pulmonary tuberculosis in young Australians

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 240-242

  Merritt, Tony D ^a   Sintchenko, Vitali ^b   Jelfs, Peter ^b   Worthing, Margaret ^a   Robinson, Brian ^a   Durrheim, David N ^a   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^b  

^a HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Sydney West Area Health Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW ZEALAND; NIGHT SWEAT; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX PAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33947196447     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb00881.x     Document Type: Article

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