Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bryan, Charles S
• Rapp, Deborah J
• Brown, Cynthia A

Titel

Discontinuation of respiratory isolation for possible tuberculosis: do two negative sputum smear results suffice?

Ist Teil von

• Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2006-05, Vol.27 (5), p.515-516

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Analysis of acid-fast bacillus smear results at a hospital with a moderate incidence of tuberculosis confirms recent recommendations that 2 negative smear results suffice for discontinuation of respiratory isolation. Use of polymerase chain reaction analysis further increases the confidence with which the diagnosis of active tuberculosis likely to be transmitted to others can be excluded.