The potential to transmit Mycobacterium tuberculosis at a South African tertiary teaching hospital

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Sissolak, D ^a   Bamford, C M ^b   Mehtar, S ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Infection control; Nosocomial transmission; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955887060     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.06.030     Document Type: Article

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