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Tuberculosis infection via the emergency department among inpatients in South Korea: a propensity score matched analysis of the National Inpatient Sample

BACKGROUND: Emergency departments (EDs) carry a high risk of infectious disease transmission and have also been implicated in tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks. AIM: To determine if patients who visit EDs have an increased risk of TB infection. Using South Korean inpatient sample data (2012), the risk of...

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Autores principales: Min, J-Y., Kim, H-J., Yoon, C., Lee, K., Yeo, M., Min, K-B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7114590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29608938
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2018.03.031