The health-care facility environment is rarely implicated in disease transmission, except
among patients who are immunocompromised. Nonetheless, inadvertent exposures to …

In the United States, a total of 21,337 cases of TB (rate, 8.0 per 100,000) were reported to
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1996, representing the lowest …

This report updates and combines earlier versions of guidelines for the prevention and
treatment of opportunistic infections (OIs) in HIV-infected adults (ie, persons aged> 18 years) …

In 1994, CDC published the Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis in Health-Care Facilities, 1994. The guidelines were issued in response to 1) a …

This guideline updates and replaces the previous edition of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC)“Guideline for Infection Control in Hospital Personnel,” published in …

Anti-tuberculosis drugs are a two-edged sword. While they destroy pathogenic M.
tuberculosis they also select for drug resistant bacteria against which those drugs are then …

The Royal College of Physicians plays a leading role in the delivery of high quality patient
care by setting standards of medical practice and promoting clinical excellence. We provide …

During the 2003-04 influenza season, influenza A (H1), A (H3N2), and B viruses co-
circulated worldwide, and influenza A (H3N2) viruses predominated. Several Asian …

Context.—Nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) has been
reported primarily in New York State and has generally been presumed to occur via …

The incidence of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (tubercle bacillus) has increased
drastically in recent years both in areas that were traditionally endemic and in areas where …