Paradoxical reaction: Can it be seen after completion of the anti-tuberculous therapy?

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 78-79

  Mert, Ali ^a   Ozaras, Resat ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN TEST; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 1242274533     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310017267     Document Type: Letter

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