Influence of hospitalization upon diagnosis on the risk of tuberculosis clustering

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Lapadula, Giuseppe ^a   Zanini, Fabio ^b   Codecasa, Luigi ^c   Franzetti, Fabio ^b   Ferrarese, Maurizio ^c   Carugati, Manuela ^b   Mazzola, Ester ^d   Schiroli, Consuelo ^b   Motta, Davide ^e   Iemmi, Diego ^a   Gori, Andrea ^a  

^a AO San Gerardo   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c AO Ca' Granda Niguarda   (Italy)

^d Laboratory of Microbiology   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890502359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20353006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4084/MJHID.2013.071     Document Type: Article

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