Tuberculosis in Calgary, Canada, 1995-2002: Site of disease and drug susceptibility

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 288-293

  Yang, H ^a   Field, S K ^a   Fisher, D A ^a   Cowie, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Emigration and immigration; Extra pulmonary tuberculosis; Tuberculosis drug resistance

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ALBERTA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 15344340070     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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