De-isolation of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis after start of treatment — clear, unequivocal guidelines are missing

De-isolation of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis after start of treatment — clear, unequivocal guidelines are missing

The study review guidelines on isolation of patients with tuberculosis, TB, from the World Health Organization, WHO, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, and the European Center for Disease Control, ECDC. The review found that unequivocal guidelines for removing patients out of negative-...

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Main Authors: Eskild Petersen, Faryal Khamis, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Julie Glerup Bay, Ben Marais, Christian Wejse, Alimuddin Zumla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Isolation
De-isolation
Molecular diagnosis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971217300322

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