Cervical tuberculosis: A decision tree for protecting healthcare workers

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1345-1349

  Roberts, Daniel S ^a   Dowdall, Jayme R ^c   Winter, Leslie ^a   Sulis, Carol A ^b   Grillone, Gregory A ^a   Grundfast, Kenneth M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical tuberculosis; Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; Nosocomial transmission; Tuberculous lymphadenitis

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECISION TREE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LUNG DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; ADULT; ALGORITHM; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MALE; REVIEW; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION TREES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 49649114442     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e3181770940     Document Type: Article

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