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Isolation and deisolation of patients admitted with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis: Can it be shortened?
OBJECTIVES: To determine the ideal number of sputum acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smears and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) required for discontinuing tuberculosis (TB) isolation among patients with suspected pulmonary TB. METHODS: This was a single-center, record-based retrospective study of all admitte...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Saudi Medical Journal
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6887883/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31588479 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.10.24564 |