Epidemiological and clinical features of 139 patients with tuberculosis at a teaching hospital in Italy (Pisa, 1996-2000)

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 127-131

  Bonadio, Mario ^a,c   Carpi, Angelo ^a   Gigli, Cristina ^a   Virgone, Eleonora ^b   Carneglia, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Local District of Public Health   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Epidemiology; Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 15744397818     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2004.04.014     Document Type: Article

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