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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 23(10): 622-5, 2002 Oct.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12400895
RESUMEN
Single-drug prophylaxis is recommended after tuberculin skin test conversion, but not when there is active disease on chest radiograph because resistance develops frequently. Isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis developed in a physician receiving prophylaxis despite "faint left upper lobe soft tissue density" on chest radiograph. Ignoring active disease on chest x-ray renders this strategy counterproductive and cost ineffective.