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Tuberculosis
New findings in tuberculosis described from Kuwait University, Medical Department
April 21st, 2009
According to a study from Kuwait, "This cross-sectional study sought to identify household contextual determinants that might be associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection as assessed by tuberculin skin test (TST) positivity among familial contacts of index patients of infectious pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) while controlling for the effects of individual-level factors. We analyzed data on TST results on 359 household contacts of 77 index cases of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) sputum smear-positive pulmonary TB using multilevel logistic regression analysis with characteristics of household contacts at the first level and that of households at the second level." "The...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-21)
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