Useful clues to the presence of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in a West African city

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 592-598

  Bah, B ^a   Massari, V ^b   Sow, O ^a   Siriwardana, M ^b   Camara, L M ^a   Larouzé, Bernard ^b,c   Murray, J F ^d  

^a National Tuberculosis Program   (Guinea)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin; Chest radiography; Conakry; Non tuberculosis pulmonary disease; Tuberculosis epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TUBERCULIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GUINEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; SPUTUM;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GUINEA; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPUTUM; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036636357     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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