Tuberculosis during infancy

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 414-419

  Maltezou, H C ^a   Spyridis, P ^a   Kafetzis, Dimitris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Infants; M. tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034064827     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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