Tuberculosis in hospital department health care workers;Tuberculose em profissionais de saúde de um serviço hospitalar

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 789-799

  Saleiro, Sandra ^a   Santos, Ana Rosa ^a   Vidal, Otília ^a   Carvalho, Teresa ^a   Costa, José Torres ^a   Marques, José Agostinho ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Nosocomial; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PLEURA; SCREENING; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 38949115232     PISSN: 08732159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0873-2159(15)30376-7     Document Type: Article

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