- ►annals.org [PDF] VK Rao, EP Iademarco, VJ Fraser, MH Kollef - Annals of internal medicine, 1999 - Am Coll Physicians Venkatarama K. Rao, MD, PhD; Elizabeth P. Iademarco, RN, MPH; Victoria J.
Fraser, MD; and Marin H. Kollef, MD ... Background: Despite increased awareness
of tuberculo- sis, delays in management are common. Objective: To ... Cited by 68 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
P Mathur, L Sacks, G Auten, R Sall, C Levy, F … - Archives of Internal Medicine, 1994 - archinte.highwire.org Background: Delaysin the diagnosisof tuberculosismay result in increased
patientmorbidityand in further spread of the disease. We examined the clinical
acumen of the medical staff in the diagnosis of tuberculosis and inves- ... Cited by 122 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
SR Counsell, JS Tan, RS Dittus - Archives of Internal Medicine, 1989 - archinte.highwire.org \s=b\Tuberculosis remains a significant clinical and public health problem in
the United States. To determine if a significant propor- tion of hospitalized
patients diagnosed as having pulmonary tuberculosis were not suspected of ... Cited by 64 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►chestpubs.org CL Bennett, DN Schwartz, JP Parada, AM … - Chest, 2000 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org * From the The Chicago VA Health Care System/Lakeside and Westside Divisions
(Dr. Bennett), Loyola University Medical Center (Dr. Parada), the Departments of
Preventive Medicine and Internal Medicine of Northwestern University ... Cited by 28 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►atsjournals.org C Greenaway, D Menzies, A Fanning, R Grewal … - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2002 - Am Thoracic Soc Delayed diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) among hospitalized
patients is common and believed to contribute significantly to nosocomial
transmission. This study was conducted to define the occurrence, associated ... Cited by 68 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
GJ Moran, F McCabe, MT Morgan, DA Talan - Annals of emergency medicine, 1995 - Elsevier The ED is a potential high-risk area for the transmission of TB. In many
patients with TB the disease has not yet been diagnosed when they first present
in this set ting, so isolation and infection-control measures may be ... Cited by 44 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►chestpubs.org LP Manangan, CL Bennett, N Tablan, DN … - Chest, 2000 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org * From the Hospital Infections Program (Mss. Manangan, Tablan, Simonds, and Drs.
Collazo and Jarvis), National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; Lakeside Veterans Affairs ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 16 versions
A Yilmaz, S Boğa, E Sulu, M Durucu, D … - Respiratory medicine, 2001 - Elsevier The aim of present study was to investigate whether there was any delay in the
diagnosis and treatment of inpatients with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis
followed-up in our centre. We reviewed clinical records in February 1999 ... Cited by 19 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
JP Wisnivesky, J Kaplan, C Henschke, TG … - Archives of Internal Medicine, 2000 - Am Med Assoc Background Respiratory isolation has been recommended for all patients with
suspected tuberculosis (TB) to avoid transmission to other patients and health
care personnel. In implementing these guidelines, patients with and without ... Cited by 37 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
