The utility of routine tuberculosis screening in county hospital patients with uveitis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1091-1095

  Hong, Bryan Kun ^a,b   Khanamiri, Hossein Nazari ^b   Bababeygy, Simon R ^a,b   Rao, Narsing A ^a,b  

^a DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCREENING TEST; SKIN TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULIN TEST; UVEITIS;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS/INVESTIGATION; INFECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR; UVEITIS;

EID: 84905110823     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-303937     Document Type: Article

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