Clinical characteristics of 110 miliary tuberculosis patients from a low HIV prevalence country

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 493-499

  Hussain, Syed Fayyaz ^a,b   Irfan, M ^a   Abbasi, M ^a   Anwer, S S ^a   Davidson, S ^a   Haqqee, R ^a   Khan, J A ^a   Islam, M ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adults; Case series; Clinical features; Miliary tuberculosis; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DYING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY;

EID: 2442625753     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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