Response to Isoniazid-Resistant Tuberculosis in Homeless Shelters, Georgia, USA, 2015-2017.

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    • Subject Terms:
      HOMELESS shelters; MULTIDRUG-resistant tuberculosis; TUBERCULOSIS; HIV testing kits
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States; GEORGIA
    • Abstract:
      In 2008, an outbreak of isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis was identified among residents of homeless shelters in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. When initial control efforts involving standard targeted testing failed, a comprehensive approach that involved all providers of services for the homeless successfully interrupted the outbreak. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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