Mycobacterium tuberculosis at autopsy - Exposure and protection: An old adversary revisited

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 487-491

  Flavin, R J ^a   Gibbons, N ^a   O'Briain, D S ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34249908342     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.032276     Document Type: Article

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