High prevalence of TB disease in contacts of adults with extrapulmonary TB

UK guidelines no longer recommend routine screening of household contacts of adult patients with extrapulmonary TB (EPTB). From 27 March 2012 to 28 June 2016, we investigated the prevalence of active TB disease in household contacts of 1023 EPTB index cases in North West England, and compared estima...

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Autores principales: Wingfield, Tom, MacPherson, Peter, Cleary, Paul, Ormerod, L Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6204960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29146867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210202

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6204960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29146867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210202

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