Reaching the limits of tuberculosis prevention among foreign-born individuals: a tuberculosis-control program perspective.
Clin Infect Dis
; 46(1): 103-6, 2008 Jan 01.
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| ID: mdl-18171222
ABSTRACT
Analysis of whether assiduous implementation of American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for targeted testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection could have prevented any of 223 cases of active tuberculosis in foreign-born persons in San Francisco during the period 2002-2003. We report that 62% of these cases were not preventable and conclude that a further reduction in the incidence of tuberculosis among foreign-born persons will be modest without modification of current guidelines.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tuberculose
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Controle de Doenças Transmissíveis
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Fidelidade a Diretrizes
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article