Clinical indicators of mycobacteraemia in adults admitted to hospital in Blantyre, Malawi

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1067-1074

  Lewis, D K ^a,d   Peters, R P H ^a   Schijffelen, M J ^a   Joaki, G R F ^a   Walsh, A L ^b   Kublin, J G ^a   Kumwenda, J ^a   Kampondeni, S ^c   Molyneux, M E ^b   Zijlstra, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^d Vauxhall Primary Health Care   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood stream infection; Fever; HIV; Sub Saharan Africa; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036932446     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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