Radiographic signs and symptoms in children treated for tuberculosis: Possible implications for symptom-based screening in resource-limited settings

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-240

  Marais, Ben J ^a,c   Gie, Robert P ^a   Hesseling, Anneke C ^a   Schaaf, H Simon ^a   Enarson, Donald A ^b   Beyers, Nulda ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Childhood tuberculosis; Preventive chemotherapy; Symptom based screening

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXTRATHORACIC TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTRATHORACIC TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33644919712     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000202140.76368.74     Document Type: Article

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