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Tuberculin Skin Testing of Hospital Employees During an Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) -Infected Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Jerome I. Tokars ,
William R. Jarvis ,
Brian R. Edlin ,
Samuel W. Dooley ,
Michael H. Grieco ,
Mary Ellen Gilligan ,
Nancy Schneider ,
Miriam Montonez  and
Julie Williams
Jerome I. Tokars
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia
William R. Jarvis
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia
Brian R. Edlin
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia
Samuel W. Dooley
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia
Michael H. Grieco
Affiliation:
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
Mary Ellen Gilligan
Affiliation:
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
Nancy Schneider
Affiliation:
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
Miriam Montonez
Affiliation:
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
Julie Williams
Affiliation:
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 13 , Issue 9 , September 1992 , pp. 509 - 510
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1992

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