Managing an extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis outbreak: The public health face of the medal

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 292-294

  Codecasa, Luigi R ^a   Ciconali, Giorgio ^b   Mazzola, Ester ^a   Ferrarese, Maurizio ^a   Cirillo, Daniela ^c   Borroni, Emanuele ^c   Gesu, Giovanni P ^a   Zellweger, Jean Pierre ^d   Centis, Rosella ^e   Faccini, Marino ^b  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b ASL Milano   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Swiss Lung Association   (Switzerland)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL MEDICINE; DISEASE CLEARANCE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; ITALY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS TEST KIT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TUBERCULIN TEST; EXTENSIVELY DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE;

NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; EXTENSIVELY DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; NITROIMIDAZOLES; OXAZOLES;

EID: 84920572765     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00134114     Document Type: Letter

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