Delayed isolation of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in a Japanese acute care hospital

BACKGROUND: Active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is associated with intra-hospital spread of the disease. Expeditious diagnosis and isolation are critical for infection control. However, factors that lead to delayed isolation of smear-positive pulmonary TB patients, especially among the elderly, have...

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Autores principales: Nishiguchi, Sho, Tomiyama, Shusaku, Kitagawa, Izumi, Tokuda, Yasuharu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5984307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29855359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-018-0653-1

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