Change in demographic picture and increase of drug resistance in pulmonary tuberculosis in a 10-year interval in Taiwan

Infection

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 75-80

  Tsao, T C Y ^a   Chiou, W ^b   Lin, H ^a   Wu, T ^a   Lin, M ^a   Yang, P ^a   Tsai, Y ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Associated diseases; Clinical symptoms and signs; Drug resistance; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036218345     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-002-1143-0     Document Type: Article

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