Clinical relevance of nucleic acid amplification test for patients with urinary tuberculosis during antituberculosis treatment

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 300-302

  Takahashi, Satoshi ^a,b   Hashimoto, Kohei ^a   Miyamoto, Shintaro ^a   Takeyama, Koh ^b   Takagi, Yoshio ^b   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hakodate Goryokaku Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nucleic acid amplification test; Urinary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; SIDE EFFECT; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 29244471667     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-005-0414-y     Document Type: Article

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