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Assessing infection control practices to protect health care workers and patients in Malawi from nosocomial transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) in health settings threatens health care workers and people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. Nosocomial transmission is reduced with implementation of infection control (IC) guidelines. The objective of this study is to describe implementation of...

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Autores principales:	Flick, Robert J., Munthali, Adamson, Simon, Katherine, Hosseinipour, Mina, Kim, Maria H., Mlauzi, Lameck, Kazembe, Peter N., Ahmed, Saeed
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5718482/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29211793 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189140

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