Transmission of tuberculosis in resource-limited settings

Current HIV/AIDS Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 264-272

  Kompala, Tejaswi ^a,b   Shenoi, Sheela V ^c   Friedland, Gerald ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Philanjalo Care Centre   (South Africa)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Health care workers; HIV TB co infection; Household contact investigation; Infection control; Intensive case finding; MDR XDR TB; Nosocomial; Resource limited setting; South Africa; Transmission; Tuberculosis; UV light; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY; COUGH HYGIENE EDUCATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; PRISON; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VENTILATOR;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 84881478676     PISSN: 15483568     EISSN: 15483576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11904-013-0164-x     Document Type: Article

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