Rapidly progressing tuberculosis outbreak in a very low risk group

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 903-906

  Coitinho, Cecilia ^a   Greif, Gonzalo ^b   Robello, Carlos ^b,c   Laserra, Paula ^a   Willery, Eve ^d   Supply, Philip ^d  

^a Comisión Honoraria de Lucha Antituberculosa y Enfermedades Prevalentes ^*  (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^d INSERM U1019   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LOW RISK POPULATION; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLEURA BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; BASKETBALL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; URUGUAY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895535199     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00150413     Document Type: Letter

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