Post-exposure tuberculosis in children under 5 years old
Prescrire International 23(145): 23
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 1167-7422 PMID: 24516910 Document Number: 672266
The results of a large retrospective study performed in the US confirm that children under five years old are at high risk of contracting tuberculosis after exposure to an infectious patient.
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