Hepatosplenic tuberculosis: A cause of persistent fever during recovery from prolonged neutropenia

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 575-579

  Chakrabarti, S ^a   Varma, S ^a   Kochhar, R ^a   Gupta, S ^a   Gupta, S K ^a   Rajwanshi, A ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Neutropenia; Persistent fever; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORPROMAZINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUCONAZOLE; ISONIAZID; METRONIDAZOLE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ABSCESS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENIC DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS, SPLENIC;

EID: 0031827238     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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