Management of MDR-TB household contacts: How difficult is it to climb the mountain?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1137-1138

  Pontali, Emanuele ^a   Sotgiu, Giovanni ^b   Migliori, Giovanni Battista ^c  

^a GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; COMORBIDITY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEROCONVERSION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; EXTENSIVELY DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 80051697335     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0225     Document Type: Editorial

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