A retrospective study of human immunodeficiency virus infection and drug-resistant tuberculosis in Durban, South Africa

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 220-224

  Anastasis, D ^a   Pillai, G ^a   Rambiritch, V ^a   Abdool Karim, S S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV; Multidrug resistant tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0031150920     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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