A tuberculosis contact investigation involving two private nursing homes in inner western Sydney in 2004.
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Unrecognized tuberculosis in a nursing home causing death with spread of tuberculosis to the community.
OBJECTIVES To determine the reason for an increase in tuberculin skin test (TST) conversion in employees in a nursing home and to determine the source case responsible for spread of tuberculosis (TB) in two nursing homes and a hospital in a rural part of Arkansas using molecular and traditional epidemiological methods. DESIGN TB contact investigation of residents and employees of two nursing ...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- New South Wales public health bulletin
دوره 17 3-4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006