The Italian AIPO study on tuberculosis treatment results, report 1995

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-54

  Ambrosetti, M ^a,b   Besozzi, G ^c   Codecasa, L R ^c   Farris, B ^d   Nutini, S ^e   Saini, L ^f   Casali, L ^g   Nardini, S ^h   Migliori, G B ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c Istituto Villa Marelli per la Patologia del Torace   (Italy)

^d Cagliari Dispensary   (Italy)

^e CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^h Vittorio Veneto Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cohort analysis; Italy; Treatment outcomes; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; ITALY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AMERICA; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032891403     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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