Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in pregnancy: Case report and review of the literature

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 953-956

  Lessnau, Klaus Dieter K L ^a,c,d   Qarah, Samer ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitubercular agents; Multidrug resistance; Pregnancy; Pulmonary; Review; Therapy; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; CAPREOMYCIN; CYCLOSERINE; ETHIONAMIDE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TERBUTALINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULIN TEST; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0037337340     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.3.953     Document Type: Article

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