Children exposed to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis at a homebased day care centre: A contact investigation

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1292-1298

  Garcia Prats, A J ^a   Zimri, K ^a   Mramba, Z ^a   Schaaf, H S ^a   Hesseling, A C ^a  

^a Faculty of Applied Sciences   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cr che; Non household; Pre XDR TB

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DAY CARE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONTACT TRACING; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 84908672494     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: 18157920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0872     Document Type: Article

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