Active case finding of tuberculosis (TB) in an emergency room in a region with high prevalence of TB in Brazil

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Silva, Denise Rossato ^a,b   Müller, Alice Manica ^b   Da Silva Tomasini, Karina ^b   De Tarso Roth Dalcin, Paulo ^a,b   Golub, Jonathan E ^c   Conde, Marcus Barreto ^d  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAZIL; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84944929771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107576     Document Type: Article

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