Management and outcome of TB suspects admitted to the medical wards of a central hospital in Malawi

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-

  Friend, Jeremy H ^a   Mason, Shirin ^a   Harries, Anthony D ^b   Salaniponi, Felix M ^b   Neuhann, Florian ^a  

^a Lilongwe Central Hospital   (Malawi)

^b National Tuberculosis Control Programme Malawi   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PNEUMONIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; WARD;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 20844442935     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0049475054037165     Document Type: Article

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