Congenital and Perinatal Tuberculosis: Discussion of Difficult Issues in Diagnosis and Management

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 389-394

  Hageman, Joseph R ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BCG VACCINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032163855     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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