Clinical and radiological presentation of 340 adults with smear-positive tuberculosis in The Gambia

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 942-947

  Rathman, G ^a   Sillah, J ^b   Hill, Philip C ^b   Murray, J F ^c   Adegbola, R ^b   Corrah, T ^b   Lienhardt, C ^b   McAdam, K P W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest X ray; Clinical findings; HIV TB co infection; The Gambia; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GAMBIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPUTUM; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0141894850     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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