Tuberculosis Drug Information Guide, 2nd edition | (2012)
Francis J. Curry International Tuberculosis Center, California Department of Public Health Download Research (Link)
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Healing Hands: Homeless People at Higher Risk for CA-MRSA, HIV & TB (2006)
Homelessness increases one’s risk for infectious diseases and complicates access and adherence to treatment. Three infectious agents that disproportionately affect homeless populations — community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA), the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) — are the focus of this issue of Healing Hands, which highlights recent research on screening, treatment and
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The Health Care of Homeless Persons: A Manual of Communicable Diseases & Common Problems in Shelters & on the Streets | (2004)
This easy-to-use and read manual is designed for clinicians and shelter staff. Sections cover communicable diseases and infections, major medications, heat-related conditions and cold-related injuries, emerging challenges, management of chronic illnesses, immunizations, food management in shelters and soup kitchens, and fact sheets in English and Spanish for clients. The manual includes a chapter on tuberculosis.
Healing Hands: Tuberculosis & Homelessness: Metaphor for Our Time (1999)
Tuberculosis is predominantly a disease of poverty and crowding. Homeless shelters, where individuals live cheek by jowl, often for months on end, have been described as the equivalent of nineteenth century tenements. Their residents can be unwitting vectors of air- borne pathogens such as Myobacterium tuberculosis. Download Research (PDF)
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