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A Collaborative Response by Public Health and Local Hospitals to a NICU Tuberculosis Exposure

BACKGROUND: Early recognition of tuberculosis (TB) cases is critical to prevent spread. Infants are at high risk for TB acquisition after exposure. A TB case went unrecognized despite seeking medical attention in December 2016 for a cough and suspicious radiographic and laboratory testing. During a...

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Autores principales: Erme, Marguerite, Bower, John, Abell, Virginia, Bair, Tina, Rodriguez, Tracy, Kirk, Jane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5632260/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.524