Evaluation of young children in contact with adult multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis: A 30-month follow-up

Pediatrics

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 765-771

  Simon Schaaf, H ^a,b   Gie, Robert P ^a   Kennedy, Magdalene ^a   Beyers, Nulda ^a   Hesseling, Peter B ^a   Donald, Peter R ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chemoprophylaxis; Children; Contacts; Follow up; Multidrug resistant; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCAL ADHESIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036256098     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.109.5.765     Document Type: Article

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