Tuberculosis in the Upper Aerodigestive Tract and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coinfections

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 230-233

  Srirompotong, Somchai ^a   Yimtae, Kwanchanok ^a   Srirompotong, Supaporn ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Extrapulmonary; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Laryngeal tuberculosis; Nasopharyngeal tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LARYNX; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; NECK CANCER; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOFT PALATE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONSIL; TUBERCULOSIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 0142214834     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2003.41716     Document Type: Review

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