Factors associated with diagnostic evaluation for tuberculosis among adults hospitalized for clinical pneumonia in Thailand

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 648-657

  Weber, Ann M ^a   Areerat, Peera ^b   Fischer, Julie E ^c   Thamthitiwat, Somsak ^c   Olsen, Sonja J ^d   Varma, Jay K ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sa Kaeo Provincial Public Health Office   (Thailand)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e CDC/HIV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; THAILAND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 47549084264     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588684     Document Type: Article

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