Potential for nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in a South African tertiary hospital

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 438-441

  Bamford, Colleen M ^a   Taljaard, Jantjie J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TURNAROUND TIME; COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 77954511368     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.3501     Document Type: Article

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