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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Autores principales: Elzein, Fatehi E., Alsherbeeni, Nisreen, Mursi, Mohammed, Algoblan, Shoug F., Abuzaid, Abuzaid A., Albarrak, Ali M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Medical Journal 2019
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Original Article
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

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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

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