TB in a Low-Incidence Country: Differences Between New Immigrants, Foreign-Born Residents and Native Residents

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 350-356

  Laifer, Gerd ^a   Widmer, Andreas F ^a   Simcock, Mathew ^a   Bassetti, Stefano ^a   Trampuz, Andrej ^a   Frei, Reno ^a   Tamm, Michael ^a   Battegay, Manuel ^a   Fluckiger, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Foreign born; Immigrants; Residents; Screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ISONIAZID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ASIA; COMORBIDITY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33947586433     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.10.025     Document Type: Article

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