Paediatric tuberculosis in a Pacific Islands community in New Zealand

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 118-122

  Voss, Lesley ^a   Campbell, Mary ^b   Tildesley, Christine ^b   Hay, Deborah ^b   Vaughan, Anne ^c   Thornley, Craig ^b  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adherence; Children; Disease outbreaks; New Zealand; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; CERVIX UTERI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; COUGH; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTHERS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33644816710     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00809.x     Document Type: Article

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