The role of chest radiographs and tuberculin skin tests in tuberculosis screening of internationally adopted children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 387-391

  George, Sobenna A ^a   Ko, Catherine A ^a   Kirchner, H Lester ^b   Starke, Jeffrey R ^c   Dragga, Therese A ^a   Mandalakas, Anna M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

international adoption; latent tuberculosis; pediatrics; tuberculosis; tuberculosis screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954671419     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182029486     Document Type: Article

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