Tuberculosis is still a major cause of cervical lymphadenopathies in adults from developing countries

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1071-1076

  Hernandez Solis A ^a   Cicero Sabido, R ^a   Olivera, H ^b   Rivero, V ^b   Ramirez E ^a   Escobar Gutierrez A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NECK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 1042292604     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803001304     Document Type: Article

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