Cutaneous tuberculosis: A twenty-year prospective study

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 494-500

  Kumar, B ^a   Muralidhar, S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

BCG vaccination; Cutaneous tuberculosis; Disseminated tuberculosis; Mantoux reactivity; Treatment protocol

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUPUS VULGARIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY;

EID: 0032973634     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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