Tuberculosis during fundamental societal changes in estonia with special reference to extrapulmonary manifestations

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1289-1295

  Pehme, Lea ^a   Hollo, Vahur ^b   Rahu, Mati ^c   Altraja, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Estonian Tuberculosis Registry   (Estonia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Age; Bacteriologic confirmation; Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; Organ involvement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTONIA; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; SOCIOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 19044377149     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.4.1289     Document Type: Article

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