Mycobacterial infection of the head and neck; presentation and diagnosis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2012-2016

  Al Serhani, Awad M ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Head and neck tuberculosis; Mycobacterial infection; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NECK TUMOR; NOSE DISEASE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NECK; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 0034765019     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200111000-00027     Document Type: Article

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