Rifampicin and isoniazid prophylactic chemotherapy for tuberculosis

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-171

  Ormerod, L P ^a  

^a ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemoprophylaxis; Isoniazid; Rifampicin; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NAUSEA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0031894271     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.78.2.169     Document Type: Article

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