Active tuberculosis in a healthcare worker: Are you ready?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-82

  Fraser, Thomas G ^a,b,d   Kowalczyk, Joan ^b   Schmitt, Steven ^a,b   Bernstein, Jill ^c   Terpeluk, Paul ^c   Tomford, J Walton ^a   Gordon, Steven M ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Quality and Patient Safety Institute   (United States)

^c Occupational Health   (United States)

^d Department of Infectious Disease ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OHIO; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 57749117447     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592706     Document Type: Article

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