Open AccessThe potential to transmit Mycobacterium tuberculosis at a South African tertiary teaching hospital
Author(s) -
Dagmar Sissolak,
Colleen Bamford,
Shaheen Mehtar
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.06.030
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , transmission (telecommunications) , infection control , mycobacterium tuberculosis , incidence (geometry) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pediatrics , immunology , intensive care medicine , pathology , physics , electrical engineering , optics , engineering
To assess the risk of nosocomial transmission by confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients in a high TB/HIV incidence environment.
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