Tuberculosis peritonitis in Negara Brunei Darussalam

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 548-552

  Chong, V H ^a   Rajendran, N ^a  

^a RIPAS HOSPITAL   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Prevalence; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PERITONITIS; PREVALENCE; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 29144470403     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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