Clinical and radiological features in relation to urinary excretion of lipoarabinomannan in Ethiopian tuberculosis patients

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 167-171

  Tessema, Tsigeweini Asgedom ^a   Bjune, Gunnar ^a   Assefa, Getachew ^a   Svenson, Stefan ^a   Hamasur, Beston ^a   Bjorvatn, Bjarne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOARABINOMANNAN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DYSPNEA; ETHIOPIA; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGHT; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEATING; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINARY EXCRETION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ETHIOPIA; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036213155     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540110077254     Document Type: Article

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