Usefulness of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-polymerase chain reaction with bronchial washing samples in predicting discontinuation of airborne infection isolation in patients hospitalized with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis

OBJECTIVE: In-hospital tuberculosis (TB) transmission remains a concern. Airborne infection isolation (AII) can be discontinued in hospitalized patients with suspected active pulmonary TB when the results of three consecutive sputum acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smears are negative. However, fiberoptic br...

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Autores principales: Kim, Tae-Ok, Na, Young-Ok, Park, Hwa Kyung, Lee, Jae-Kyeong, Oh, Hyung-Joo, Kho, Bo Gun, Park, Ha-Young, Kwon, Yong-Soo, Kim, Yu-Il, Lim, Sung-Chul, Shin, Hong-Joon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9803188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36584035
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279256

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9803188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36584035
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279256

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