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1343. Infectious Diseases Consultation Avoided Delayed Therapy and Unnecessary Exposures in the Majority of GeneXpert® MTB/RIF and AFB Smear Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cases in the US County Hospital in Houston, Texas
BACKGROUND: In 2017, Harris County had a total of 281 cases of newly diagnosed tuberculosis (Mtb), which was the highest incidence in Texas, United States. Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) hospital is one of the two HarrisHealth county hospitals which serve a wide population including immigrants and an indig...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6808980/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1207 |