Demographic pattern and clinical characteristics of patients with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 306-312

  Abal, Adnan T ^a   Jayakrishnan, B ^b   Parwer, Shahid ^b   El Shamy, Abdul Salam ^b   Khadadah, Mousa ^a   Ayed, Adel ^a   Al Alawi, Alia ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Hypercalcemia; Sputum smear; Tuberculosis epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; POTASSIUM; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; SODIUM;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; KUWAIT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INCIDENCE; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 23844498756     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086927     Document Type: Article

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