Prompt recognition of infectious pulmonary tuberculosis is critical to achieving elimination goals: a retrospective cohort study

Courtney Heffernan; James Barrie; Alexander Doroshenko; Mary Lou Egedahl; Catherine Paulsen; Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan; Richard Long

doi:10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000521

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Prompt recognition of infectious pulmonary tuberculosis is critical to achieving elimination goals: a retrospective cohort study

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Courtney Heffernan Department of Medicine; Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
James Barrie Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alexander Doroshenko Department of Medicine; Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mary Lou Egedahl Department of Medicine; Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Catherine Paulsen Department of Medicine; Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Richard Long Department of Medicine; Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Richard Long; rlong{at}ualberta.ca

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Heffernan C, Barrie J, Doroshenko A, et al

Prompt recognition of infectious pulmonary tuberculosis is critical to achieving elimination goals: a retrospective cohort study

BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2020;7:e000521. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000521

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Received October 29, 2019
Revised April 16, 2020
Accepted April 29, 2020
First published May 24, 2020.

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November 15, 2022

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