Missed Opportunities to Diagnose Tuberculosis Are Common Among Hospitalized Patients and Patients Seen in Emergency Departments

Background. Delayed diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) may lead to worse outcomes and additional TB exposures. Methods. To estimate the potential number of misdiagnosed TB cases, we linked all hospital and emergency department (ED) visits in California′s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) da...

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Autores principales: Miller, Aaron C., Polgreen, Linnea A., Cavanaugh, Joseph E., Hornick, Douglas B., Polgreen, Philip M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26705537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv171

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26705537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv171

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