Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and investigation

Hospital Pharmacist

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 73-78

  Aggarwal, Ila ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BCG VACCINE; CORTICOSTEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AEROSOL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MACROPHAGE; MENINGITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTPATIENT; REVIEW; SUPERINFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 33645290766     PISSN: 13527967     EISSN: 13527967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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