The pattern of active pulmonary tuberculosis in adults at King Hussein Medical Center, Jordan

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 633-636

  El Khushman, Haytham M ^a,b   Momani, Jafar A ^a   Sharara, Abdelmonen M ^a   Haddad, Faris H ^a   Hijazi, Manaf A ^a   Hamdan, Khitam A ^a   Awadat, Naheel M ^a   Al Laham, Yousif M ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

^b King Hussein Medical Center ^*  (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JORDAN; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGHT SWEAT; PLEURA EFFUSION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33646551750     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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