Cavitating tuberculosis in an infant: Case report and literature review

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 667-670

  Van Hest, Rob ^a   De Vries, Gerard ^a   Morbano, Giovanni ^a   Pijnenburg, Mariëlle ^b   Hartwig, Nico ^b   Baars, Hennie ^a  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Infant; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 3142773313     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000130955.39415.b6     Document Type: Review

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