Does pleural tuberculosis disease pattern differ among developed and developing countries

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1038-1045

  Ibrahim, Wanis H ^a   Ghadban, Wisam ^a   Khinji, Aisha ^a   Yasin, Ruba ^a   Soub, Hussam ^a   Al Khal, Abdul Latif ^a   Bener, Abdulbari ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

HIV; Incidence; Plural tuberculosis; Socio demographic

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FEVER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; QATAR; RECURRENCE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 20444379269     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2004.12.012     Document Type: Article

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