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index patient

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index patient
Index case Clinical research The first medically-identified Pt in a family or other group, with a particular condition, often an infection, which triggers a line of investigation. See Cohort, Proband.


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The present study shows that clinicians can use a flow chart that incorporates data from chest radiography, sputum tests for AFB, TB cultures, PCR, and TST to control TB outbreak in a community of "close contacts" to an index patient.
An Outbreak of Tuberculosis in a Bacillus Calmette-Guérin-Vaccinated ... by Jung-Chung Lin and Te-Yu Lin and Wann-Cherng Perng and Chang-Shang Mai and Yeong-Hwang Chen and Chih / Military Medicine
The index patient (patient A) had toxic shock syndrome and necrotizing fasciitis of the treated legs.
Case cluster of necrotizing fasciitis and cellulitis associated with ... by Chan, Hiu-Tat; Low, Jillian; Wilson, Lorraine; Harris, Owen C; Cheng, Allen C; Athan, Eugene / Emerging Infectious Diseases
In our index patient, the potentially important medication interactions were between warfarin, rifampicin, efavirenz and ciprofloxacin.
Haematuria in HIV--an interactive web by Parrish, A.; Blockman, M.; Collett, G. / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD
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