Fatal Mycobacterium tuberculosis bloodstream infections in febrile hospitalized adults in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 290-296

  Archibald, Lennox K ^a   Den Dulk, Meyno O ^b   Pallangyo, Kisali J ^b   Barth Reller, L ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031881819     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516297     Document Type: Article

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