Compliance with postexposure screening and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 176-181

  Balkhy, Hanan H ^a   Miller, Thaddeus L ^b   Ali, Saira ^a   Nuzzo, Jennifer B ^c   Kentenyants, Karine ^d   El Saed, Aiman ^a,e   McNabb, Scott J N ^d  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892684146     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674855     Document Type: Article

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