Management of contacts of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in the European Union and European Economic Area

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 426-

  Van Der Werf, Marieke J ^a,b   Sandgren, Andreas ^c   Manissero, Davide ^c  

^a KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CONTACT TRACING; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 84857268043     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0605     Document Type: Note

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