Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype strains associated with febrile response to treatment

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 880-883

  Van Crevel, Reinout ^a   Nelwan, Ron H H ^b   De Lenne, Wilma ^a   Veeraragu, Yelilsan ^c   Van Der Zanden, Adri G ^d   Amin, Zulkifli ^b   Van Der Meer, Jos W M ^a   Van Soolingen, Dick ^e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^c TRISAKTI UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035200368     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0705.017518     Document Type: Article

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