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Tuberculin Skin Test Conversion Among Healthcare Workers After Exposure to a Patient With Pleural Effusion and Parenchymal Disease Unapparent on Chest X-Ray

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marcella McGuinn
Affiliation:
Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois
Barbara Schmitt
Affiliation:
Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois
Alan Harris
Affiliation:
Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois
John Segreti
Affiliation:
Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois
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Abstract

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Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

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