1688Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Admitted Patients at a Large, Urban Safety-net Facility — Los Angeles, 2010–2013
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1688Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Admitted Patients at a Large, Urban Safety-net Facility — Los Angeles, 2010–2013
Background. Health care facilities face substantial challenges in diagnosis and infection prevention for patients suspected to have infectious tuberculosis (TB). LAC + USC Medical Center is a large, urban safety-net facility with 105 confirmed TB cases reported in 2013, >1% of all reported cases in the United States. Methods. We reviewed all inpatient admissions from January 2010 to September 2...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2328-8957
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofu052.1234