Clinical presentation of abdominal tuberculosis in HIV seronegative adults

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Bolukbas, Cengiz ^a   Bolukbas, Fusun F ^a   Kendir, Tulin ^b   Dalay, Remzi A ^b   Akbayir, Nihat ^c   Sokmen, Mehmet H ^c   Ince, Ali T ^b   Guran, Mithat ^b   Ceylan, Erkan ^a   Kilic, Guray ^b   Ovunc, Oya ^b  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE DURATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASCITES; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 26444606410     PISSN: 1471230X     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-5-21     Document Type: Article

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