Basic concepts in the treatment of tuberculosis

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Swaminathan, Soumya ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Children; Directly observed therapy; Short course; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTHRALGIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COLOR BLINDNESS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; FLUSHING; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OTOTOXICITY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PURPURA; REVIEW; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VASCULITIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036863314     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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