Tuberculosis in children and adolescents: California, 1985 to 1995

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 407-412

  Lobato, Mark N ^a   Cummings, Kate ^b   Will, Don ^b   Royce, Sarah ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Public health; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISONIAZID; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031750308     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199805000-00012     Document Type: Article

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