Clinical prediction rule for respiratory isolation of patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 317-322

  Aguilar, Javier ^a   Yang, James J ^b   Brar, Indira ^a   Markowitz, Norman ^a  

^a Henry Ford Health System Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGHT SWEAT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 70349732001     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IPC.0b013e3181a6535c     Document Type: Article

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