Utility of blood cultures and incidence of mycobacteremia in patients with suspected tuberculosis in a South African infectious disease referral hospital

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 80-86

  Von Gottberg, A ^a   Sacks, L ^a   Machala, S ^a   Blumberg, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blood cultures; HIV; Mycobacteremia; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM SMEAR;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BACTEREMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0035028841     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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