Effectiveness of short-course, intermittent chemotherapy for tuberculosis in young infants aged less than 6 months

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 433-436

  Kiper, Nural ^a   Göçmen, Ayhan ^a   Dilber, Embiya ^a   Özçelik, Uǧur ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 2642676045     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289803700706     Document Type: Article

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