Surgery for tuberculosis before and after human immunodeficiency virus infection: A tropical perspective

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 8-14

  Watters, D A K ^a  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGERY; TROPICAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL; TUBERCULOSIS, UROGENITAL;

EID: 0031023844     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800840106     Document Type: Review

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