Delay in diagnosis leading to nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis at a New York City health care facility

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-160

  Harris, Tiffany G ^a   Sullivan Meissner, Jeanne ^a   Proops, Douglas ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Delayed diagnosis; Disease outbreaks; Infection control; Long term care; Nosocomial infection; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANCER PATIENT; CLONAL ANERGY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY INFECTION; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84873095341     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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