Diagnostic errors related to tuberculosis among hospitalized patients;Errores diagnósticos relacionados con la tuberculosis en enfermos hospitalizados

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 515-518

  Olle Goig J E ^a,b  

^a Asoc Catalana Prevencion T   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Hospital; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CASE REPORT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BOLIVIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEUROFIBROMATOSES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0034293538     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2896(15)30113-7     Document Type: Article

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