Extensive transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from 9 year old child with pulmonary tuberculosis and negative sputum smear

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7669, 2008, Pages 573-575

  Paranjothy, S ^a   Eisenhut, M ^b   Lilley, M ^c   Bracebridge, S ^d   Abubakar, I ^d,e   Mulla, R ^b   Lack, K ^c   Chalkley, D ^f   Howard, J ^d   Thomas, S ^d   McEvoy, M ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LUTON AND DUNSTABLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f Liverpool Chest Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CASE REPORT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COUGHING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGHT SWEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT SURVEY; SIBLING; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULIN TEST; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SPUTUM;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTACT TRACING; COUGH; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 51949097667     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a1184     Document Type: Short Survey

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