Pulmonary tubercolosis in Italian children by age at presentation

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-195

  Romano, A ^a   Di Carlo, P ^b,c   Abbagnato, L ^b   Salsa, L ^a   Mazzola, A ^b   Maggio, M C ^b   Titone, L ^b  

^a Civico Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Patologia Infettiva e Virologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Drug resistance; Tubercolosis, pulmonary, diagnosis; Tubercolosis, pulmonary, therapy

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 3042594453     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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