Tuberculosis in Auckland autopsies, revisited

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1211, 2005, Pages

  Lum, Dennis ^a,b   Koelmeyer, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 21244467591     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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