Pulmonary tuberculosis in children in a developing country

Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 2 II, 2001, Pages 448-453

  Salazar, Guillermo E ^a,b   Schmitz, Tracy L ^b,c   Cama, Rosa ^b   Sheen, Patricia ^d   Franchi, Luis Miguel ^e   Centeno, Gilberto ^e   Valera, Carlos ^e   Leyva, Marianella ^e   Montenegro James, Sonia ^f   Oberhelman, Richard ^g   Gilman, Robert H ^h   Thompson, Matthew J ⁱ   Barreto, Lidia ^j   Sandoval, Marta ^j   Salcedo, Flor ^j   Morales, Eugenio ^j   Bances, Maria ^j   Fuentes, Patricia ^j   Jimenez, Juan ^j   Caviedes, Lucy ^j   Torres, Patricia ^j   Valencia, Teresa ^j   Ruiz, Monica ^j   Chumpitaz, Rosa ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD DEL NIÑO   (Peru)

^f OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

Children; Diagnosis; Peru; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEVER; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERU; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPUTUM; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 17844372982     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.2.448     Document Type: Article

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