The spectrum of mycobacterial disease in a Dublin teaching hospital

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 299-302

  O'Reilly, P ^a   McDonnell, T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NORTHERN IRELAND; PYRAZINAMIDE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0033113296     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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