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- Title
Tuberculosis transmission by patients with smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in a large cohort in the Netherlands.
- Authors
Tostmann, Alma; Kik, Sandra V; Kalisvaart, Nico A; Sebek, Maruschka M; Verver, Suzanne; Boeree, Martin J; van Soolingen, Dick
- Abstract
Sputum smear microscopy is commonly used for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB). Although patients with sputum smear-negative TB are less infectious than patients with smear-positive TB, they also contribute to TB transmission. The objective of this study was to determine the proportion of TB transmission events caused by patients with smear-negative pulmonary TB in The Netherlands.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2008, Vol 47, Issue 9, p1135
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/591974