Childhood tuberculosis: Treatment strategies and recent advances

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 103-112

  Starke, J R ^a  

^a Texas Chlidren's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Chemotherapy; Directly observed therapy (DOT); Short course chemotherapy; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CAPREOMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; OTOTOXICITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SEIZURE; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

EID: 0034916616     PISSN: 15260550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/prrv.2001.0117     Document Type: Article

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