Paradoxical reaction syndrome complicating aural infection due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis daring therapy

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 625-627

  Safdar, Amar ^b,e   Brown, Arthur E ^a,b,c,e   Kraus, Dennis H ^d,e   Malkin, Mark ^a,e  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Infectious Disease Service   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^d Center for Head and Neck Oncology   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; EAR INFECTION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; EAR DISEASES; EAR, MIDDLE; HUMANS; MALE; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034043798     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313731     Document Type: Article

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