Preventing nosocomial Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in international settings.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a worldwide disease, and nosocomial transmission is known to occur. Authoritative preventive guidelines such as the one developed by the Centers for Disease Control have been published, but the expenses for implementing them can be prohibitive. Each country needs to develop its...

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Autor principal: Hong, S W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11294716
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description Tuberculosis (TB) is a worldwide disease, and nosocomial transmission is known to occur. Authoritative preventive guidelines such as the one developed by the Centers for Disease Control have been published, but the expenses for implementing them can be prohibitive. Each country needs to develop its own protocol to prevent nosocomial transmission of TB. This article describes the key elements of a protocol undertaken for all public hospitals in Hong Kong, where TB is endemic.
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spelling pubmed-26316982009-05-20 Preventing nosocomial Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in international settings. Hong, S W Emerg Infect Dis Research Article Tuberculosis (TB) is a worldwide disease, and nosocomial transmission is known to occur. Authoritative preventive guidelines such as the one developed by the Centers for Disease Control have been published, but the expenses for implementing them can be prohibitive. Each country needs to develop its own protocol to prevent nosocomial transmission of TB. This article describes the key elements of a protocol undertaken for all public hospitals in Hong Kong, where TB is endemic. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001 /pmc/articles/PMC2631698/ /pubmed/11294716 Text en
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Preventing nosocomial Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in international settings.
title Preventing nosocomial Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in international settings.
title_full Preventing nosocomial Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in international settings.
title_fullStr Preventing nosocomial Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in international settings.
title_full_unstemmed Preventing nosocomial Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in international settings.
title_short Preventing nosocomial Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in international settings.
title_sort preventing nosocomial mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in international settings.
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11294716
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