Congenital tuberculosis: A case report

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 451-453

  Dou, Polyxeni Nicola ^a   Psychou, Fotini ^a   Stefanaki, Kalliopi ^b   Tsitsika, Artemis ^a,b   Syriopoulou, Vassiliki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OTOSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCREENING TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 20944438571     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280504400511     Document Type: Article

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