Tuberculosis (TB)

References

Citations

1. Sharma SK, Mohan A (2009). Tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases. In RE Rakel, ET Bope, eds., Conn's Current Therapy 2009. pp. 282–290. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

2. Ludvigsson JF, et al. (2007). Coeliac disease and risk of tuberculosis: A population based cohort study. Thorax, 62(1): 23–28.

3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2005). Guidelines for using the QuantiFERON^®-TB test for diagnosing latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. MMWR, 54(RR-15): 49–55.

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5. Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (2005). Questions and Answers About TB. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/faqs/qa.htm.

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Other Works Consulted

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008). Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2007. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/tb/surv/2007.

• Volmink J, Woldehanna S (2004). Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in HIV infected persons. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (1).

• Ziganshina L, Garner P (2007). Tuberculosis, search date October 2006. Online version of BMJ Clinical Evidence: www.clinicalevidence.com.

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