Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children in an HIV-endemic area, Malawi

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-14

  Kiwanuka, J ^a   Graham, S M ^a   Coulter, J B S ^a   Gondwe, J S ^a   Chilewani, N ^a   Carty, H ^a   Hart, C A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; POLYSORBATE 80; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POVERTY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STOMACH LAVAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 0035080690     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724930125056     Document Type: Article

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