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Tuberculin Skin Test Conversion Among Healthcare Workers After Exposure to a Patient With Pleural Effusion and Parenchymal Disease Unapparent on Chest X-Ray

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marcella McGuinn ,
Barbara Schmitt ,
Alan Harris  and
John Segreti
Marcella McGuinn
Affiliation:
Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois
Barbara Schmitt
Affiliation:
Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois
Alan Harris
Affiliation:
Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois
John Segreti
Affiliation:
Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 11 , November 2003 , pp. 794
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

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