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Unrecognized tuberculosis in a nursing home causing death with spread of tuberculosis to the community.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - 1 Jul 2002

Ijaz Kashef, Dillaha Jennifer A, Yang Zhenhua, Cave M Donald, Bates Joseph H

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OBJECTIVES: To determine the reason for an increase in tuberculin skin test (TST) conversion in employees in a nursing home and to determine the source case responsible for spread of tuberculosis (TB) in two nursing homes and a hospital in a rural part of Arkansas using molecular and traditional epidemiological methods. DESIGN: TB contact investigation of residents and employees of two nursing homes and a...

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PMID: 12133015
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50307.x

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