A 52-year-old woman with a positive tuberculin skin test
| Autor: | Vanessa J. Redditt, Paul E. Bunce |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Canada
medicine.medical_specialty Philippines medicine.medical_treatment Antitubercular Agents Emigrants and Immigrants Disease Latent Tuberculosis Diabetes mellitus Isoniazid medicine Humans History of tuberculosis Practice Latent tuberculosis Tuberculin Test business.industry POSITIVE TUBERCULIN General Medicine Skin test Middle Aged medicine.disease Dermatology Surgery Female Hemodialysis business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Canadian Medical Association Journal. 186:927-928 |
| ISSN: | 1488-2329 0820-3946 |
| Popis: | A 52-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease secondary to diabetes requires hemodialysis. Her physician reviewed her history of tuberculosis (TB) exposure, noting that she immigrated to Canada from the Philippines two years prior and had never been tested for TB. She reported no known exposure |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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