Distinctive features of tuberculosis in the elderly;Particularites de la tuberculose chez les sujets ages

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 629-634

  Roblot, F ^a   Roblot, P ^a   Bourgoin, A ^b   Pasdeloup, T ^a   Underner, M ^c   Meurice, J C ^c   Deveidex, P ^a   Becq Giraudon, B ^a  

^a Serv de Med Interne maladies I   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Microbiologie B   (France)

^c POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Elderly; Institutionalization; Tuberculin skin test; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIGITALIS; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROGNOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; ADULT; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; INCIDENCE; LUNG; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032168521     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-8663(99)80041-1     Document Type: Article

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