An Outbreak of Tuberculosis Among Adults With Mental Illness

An Outbreak of Tuberculosis Among Adults With Mental Illness

Because 15 of 18 patients had resided at the same assisted living facility, investigative efforts focused on this facility. [...]because health departments need to act quickly when problems with TB treatment adherence arise, assessing all patients with mental illness for the potential of treatment n...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of psychiatry 2012-06, Vol.169 (6), p.569-575
Hauptverfasser: Cavanaugh, Joseph S., Powell, Krista, Renwick, Ozzie J., Davis, Kevin L., Hilliard, Aaron, Benjamin, Cynthia, Mitruka, Kiren
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Assisted Living Facilities
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Disease control
Disease Outbreaks
Epidemiology
Female
Florida - epidemiology
Health facilities
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - microbiology
Risk factors
State laws
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - etiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - prevention & control
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Zusammenfassung:Because 15 of 18 patients had resided at the same assisted living facility, investigative efforts focused on this facility. [...]because health departments need to act quickly when problems with TB treatment adherence arise, assessing all patients with mental illness for the potential of treatment nonadherence at the time of diagnosis could help TB programs anticipate and prepare for some of these problems.
ISSN:0002-953X
1535-7228
DOI:10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11081311