Laboratory investigation of a nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis at a district general hospital

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 520-527

  Huang, Wei Lun ^b   Jou, Ruwen ^b   Yey, Peng Fang ^a   Huang, Angela ^a   Sun, C C ^c   Liu, J H ^c   Reh, C H ^c   Chen, K T ^d   Chang, H ^d   Hung, C J ^e   Wu, Y C ^f   Chou, J H ^f   Jiang, D S ^f   Oeltmann, J ^g   Chang, M ^g  

^a CHENG HSIN REHABILITATION MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Research and Diagnostic Center   (Taiwan)

^c Dental Department of Taipei   (Taiwan)

^d Taipei City Nurses' Association   (Taiwan)

^e Taiwan Field Epidemiology Training Program   (Taiwan)

^f Taiwan CDC   (Taiwan)

^g US CDC   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Nosocomial transmission; Taiwan; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE REGISTRY; EPIDEMIC; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VENTILATOR;

EID: 34547895480     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(07)60002-3     Document Type: Article

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