Why healthcare workers are sick of TB

Why healthcare workers are sick of TB

Dr Thato Mosidi never expected to be diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB), despite widely prevalent exposure and very limited infection control measures. The life-threatening diagnosis of primary extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) came as an even greater shock. The inconvenient truth is that, rathe...

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Main Authors: Arne von Delft, Angela Dramowski, Celso Khosa, Koot Kotze, Philip Lederer, Thato Mosidi, Jurgens A. Peters, Jonathan Smith, Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen, Dalene von Delft, Bart Willems, Matthew Bates, Gill Craig, Markus Maeurer, Ben J. Marais, Peter Mwaba, Elizabete A. Nunes, Thomas Nyirenda, Matt Oliver, Alimuddin Zumla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis (TB)
Multidrug- & Extensively Drug-Resistant TB (MDR-TB & XDR-TB)
Healthcare worker (occupational)
Infection control
Prevention
Stigma
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214017202

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